#AB5CA5#AB5CA5

#AB5CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.139 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5CA5
RGB	rgb(171, 92, 165)
HSL	hsl(305, 32%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 46%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 42.75, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 49.81, 329.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1206 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.139 330)
XYZ	xyz(27.4130, 19.0303, 37.8193)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5CA5 #5CAB62

analogous

#8A5CAB #AB5CA5 #AB5C7E

triadic

#AB5CA5 #A5AB5C #5CA5AB

tetradic

#AB5CA5 #AB8A5C #5CAB62 #5C7EAB

square

#AB5CA5 #AB8A5C #5CAB62 #5C7EAB

split-complementary

#AB5CA5 #7EAB5C #5CAB8A

monochromatic

#5D3059 #854580 #AB5CA5 #C084BB #D5ADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AB5CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#AB5CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5CA5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5CA5	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5872A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 92, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.139 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68dc0',
    500: '#ab5ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5ca5;
$custom-light: #c68dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.557,
    "s": 31.984,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59265,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.19029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5CA5

secondary

#A0C3A3

accent

#C86860

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5CA5

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

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