#AB5CD5#AB5CD5

#AB5CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.188 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5CD5
RGB	rgb(171, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 52.36, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 72.09, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1265 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.188 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6299, 21.1171, 65.2950)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5CD5 #86D55C

analogous

#6F5CD5 #AB5CD5 #D55CC2

triadic

#AB5CD5 #D5AB5C #5CD5AB

tetradic

#AB5CD5 #D56F5C #86D55C #5CC2D5

square

#AB5CD5 #D56F5C #86D55C #5CC2D5

split-complementary

#AB5CD5 #C2D55C #5CD56F

monochromatic

#6C2591 #9032C2 #AB5CD5 #C48DE2 #DDBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AB5CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#AB5CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5CD5

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5CD5	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5580D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.188 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ee2',
    500: '#ab5cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5cd5;
$custom-light: #c78ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.174,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61771,
    "c": 0.18788,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5CD5

secondary

#BFDEAF

accent

#E2467C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5CD5

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

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