#AB5CD6#AB5CD6

#AB5CD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.189 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5CD6
RGB	rgb(171, 92, 214)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 57%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, 52.57, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 72.58, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.1265 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.189 312)
XYZ	xyz(32.7572, 21.1680, 65.9655)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5CD6 #87D65C

analogous

#6E5CD6 #AB5CD6 #D65CC4

triadic

#AB5CD6 #D6AB5C #5CD6AB

tetradic

#AB5CD6 #D66E5C #87D65C #5CC4D6

square

#AB5CD6 #D66E5C #87D65C #5CC4D6

split-complementary

#AB5CD6 #C4D65C #5CD66E

monochromatic

#6C2593 #9031C4 #AB5CD6 #C48DE2 #DDBEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#AB5CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AB5CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5CD6

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5CD6	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 92, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.189 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ee3',
    500: '#ab5cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5cd6;
$custom-light: #c78ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.852,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61829,
    "c": 0.18895,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5CD6

secondary

#C0DEAF

accent

#E3457D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5CD6

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

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