#AB5DCD#AB5DCD

#AB5DCD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.178 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5DCD
RGB	rgb(171, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(282, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 50.14, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 67.63, 317.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.1247 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.178 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7266, 20.8953, 60.1077)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5DCD #7FCD5D

analogous

#735DCD #AB5DCD #CD5DB7

triadic

#AB5DCD #CDAB5D #5DCDAB

tetradic

#AB5DCD #CD735D #7FCD5D #5DB7CD

square

#AB5DCD #CD735D #7FCD5D #5DB7CD

split-complementary

#AB5DCD #B7CD5D #5DCD73

monochromatic

#6A2986 #8F38B5 #AB5DCD #C38CDB #DBBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AB5DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AB5DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5DCD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5DCD	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.178 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68edd',
    500: '#ab5dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5dcd;
$custom-light: #c68edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.786,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61452,
    "c": 0.17785,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5DCD

secondary

#BAD9AD

accent

#DC4C77

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5DCD

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

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