#AB89CB#AB89CB

#AB89CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.102 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB89CB
RGB	rgb(171, 137, 203)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(271, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 25.60, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 38.90, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0618 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.102 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5177, 30.8613, 60.5214)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB89CB #A9CB89

analogous

#8A89CB #AB89CB #CB89CA

triadic

#AB89CB #CBAB89 #89CBAB

tetradic

#AB89CB #CB8A89 #A9CB89 #89CACB

square

#AB89CB #CB8A89 #A9CB89 #89CACB

split-complementary

#AB89CB #CACB89 #89CB8A

monochromatic

#6E4397 #8D5FB8 #AB89CB #C9B3DE #E7DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AB89CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AB89CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB89CB

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB89CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB89CB	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C95CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A792A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab89cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 137, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.102 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5abdb',
    500: '#ab89cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab89cb;
$custom-light: #c5abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab89cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB89CB

secondary

#D8E3CD

accent

#B23471

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB89CB

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

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