#AB5BDE#AB5BDE

#AB5BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.199 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5BDE
RGB	rgb(171, 91, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 59%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 54.81, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 77.04, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1279 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.199 310)
XYZ	xyz(33.7180, 21.4147, 71.4503)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5BDE #8EDE5B

analogous

#6A5BDE #AB5BDE #DE5BD0

triadic

#AB5BDE #DEAB5B #5BDEAB

tetradic

#AB5BDE #DE6A5B #8EDE5B #5BD0DE

square

#AB5BDE #DE6A5B #8EDE5B #5BD0DE

split-complementary

#AB5BDE #D0DE5B #5BDE6A

monochromatic

#6D209F #902AD2 #AB5BDE #C58EE8 #DFC1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#AB5BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#AB5BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5BDE

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5BDE	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 91, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.199 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78de9',
    500: '#ab5bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5bde;
$custom-light: #c78de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.641,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.19892,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.21414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5BDE

secondary

#C5E3B2

accent

#CE175E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5BDE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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