#AB5ED6#AB5ED6

#AB5ED6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.186 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5ED6
RGB	rgb(171, 94, 214)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 56.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 51.56, -49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 71.43, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1239 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.186 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9327, 21.5191, 66.0240)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5ED6 #89D65E

analogous

#6F5ED6 #AB5ED6 #D65EC5

triadic

#AB5ED6 #D6AB5E #5ED6AB

tetradic

#AB5ED6 #D66F5E #89D65E #5EC5D6

square

#AB5ED6 #D66F5E #89D65E #5EC5D6

split-complementary

#AB5ED6 #C5D65E #5ED66F

monochromatic

#6C2694 #9032C5 #AB5ED6 #C48FE2 #DEC0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#AB5ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#AB5ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5ED6

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5ED6	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 94, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.186 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78fe3',
    500: '#ab5ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5ed6;
$custom-light: #c78fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.18593,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5ED6

secondary

#C1DFB1

accent

#C71E5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5ED6

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

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