#AB87BF#AB87BF

#AB87BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.090 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB87BF
RGB	rgb(171, 135, 191)
HSL	hsl(279, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 24.13, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 34.03, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0615 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.09 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8610, 29.7480, 53.1856)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB87BF #9BBF87

analogous

#8F87BF #AB87BF #BF87B7

triadic

#AB87BF #BFAB87 #87BFAB

tetradic

#AB87BF #BF8F87 #9BBF87 #87B7BF

square

#AB87BF #BF8F87 #9BBF87 #87B7BF

split-complementary

#AB87BF #B7BF87 #87BF8F

monochromatic

#6F4785 #8F5FAA #AB87BF #C7AFD4 #E3D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AB87BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AB87BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB87BF

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB87BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB87BF	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E92C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab87bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 135, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.090 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aad2',
    500: '#ab87bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab87bf;
$custom-light: #c4aad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab87bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67703,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB87BF

secondary

#CEDBC7

accent

#A93C63

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB87BF

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

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