#AB89BD#AB89BD

#AB89BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.084 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB89BD
RGB	rgb(171, 137, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 22.58, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 31.69, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0579 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.084 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9241, 30.2239, 52.1282)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB89BD #9BBD89

analogous

#9189BD #AB89BD #BD89B5

triadic

#AB89BD #BDAB89 #89BDAB

tetradic

#AB89BD #BD9189 #9BBD89 #89B5BD

square

#AB89BD #BD9189 #9BBD89 #89B5BD

split-complementary

#AB89BD #B5BD89 #89BD91

monochromatic

#6F4983 #8F62A7 #AB89BD #C7B0D3 #E3D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AB89BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AB89BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB89BD

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB89BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB89BD	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab89bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 137, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.084 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4abd1',
    500: '#ab89bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab89bd;
$custom-light: #c4abd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab89bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67993,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB89BD

secondary

#CEDAC8

accent

#A73F63

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB89BD

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

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