#AB5DCE#AB5DCE

#AB5DCE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.179 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5DCE
RGB	rgb(171, 93, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(281, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 54.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, 50.35, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 68.11, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1248 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.179 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8477, 20.9438, 60.7454)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5DCE #80CE5D

analogous

#725DCE #AB5DCE #CE5DB8

triadic

#AB5DCE #CEAB5D #5DCEAB

tetradic

#AB5DCE #CE725D #80CE5D #5DB8CE

square

#AB5DCE #CE725D #80CE5D #5DB8CE

split-complementary

#AB5DCE #B8CE5D #5DCE72

monochromatic

#6A2988 #8F37B7 #AB5DCE #C38CDC #DCBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AB5DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#AB5DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5DCE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5DCE	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8708D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 93, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.179 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78edd',
    500: '#ab5dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5dce;
$custom-light: #c78edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.416,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61509,
    "c": 0.17891,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5DCE

secondary

#BBDAAD

accent

#DD4B78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5DCE

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

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