#AB87BE#AB87BE

#AB87BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.089 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB87BE
RGB	rgb(171, 135, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 28.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 23.92, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 33.53, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0612 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.089 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7513, 29.7041, 52.6080)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB87BE #9ABE87

analogous

#8F87BE #AB87BE #BE87B5

triadic

#AB87BE #BEAB87 #87BEAB

tetradic

#AB87BE #BE8F87 #9ABE87 #87B5BE

square

#AB87BE #BE8F87 #9ABE87 #87B5BE

split-complementary

#AB87BE #B5BE87 #87BE8F

monochromatic

#6F4783 #8F5FA8 #AB87BE #C7AFD4 #E3D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AB87BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AB87BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB87BE

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB87BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB87BE	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab87be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 135, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.089 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aad1',
    500: '#ab87be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab87be;
$custom-light: #c4aad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab87be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67661,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB87BE

secondary

#CDDAC7

accent

#A83D62

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB87BE

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

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