#AB5CD8#AB5CD8

#AB5CD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.191 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5CD8
RGB	rgb(171, 92, 216)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 53.00, -50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 73.55, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.1266 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.191 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0142, 21.2708, 67.3190)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5CD8 #89D85C

analogous

#6D5CD8 #AB5CD8 #D85CC7

triadic

#AB5CD8 #D8AB5C #5CD8AB

tetradic

#AB5CD8 #D86D5C #89D85C #5CC7D8

square

#AB5CD8 #D86D5C #89D85C #5CC7D8

split-complementary

#AB5CD8 #C7D85C #5CD86D

monochromatic

#6C2496 #9030C7 #AB5CD8 #C48DE4 #DEBFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AB5CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AB5CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5CD8

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5CD8	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 92, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.191 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ee5',
    500: '#ab5cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5cd8;
$custom-light: #c78ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.226,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61947,
    "c": 0.19107,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5CD8

secondary

#C1E0B0

accent

#C91C5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5CD8

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

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