#AB8AAA#AB8AAA

#AB8AAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.060 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8AAA
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(302, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(302, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 0.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 18.17, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 21.84, 326.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0503 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.06 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1379, 29.7379, 42.0168)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8AAA #8AAB8B

analogous

#9B8AAB #AB8AAA #AB8A99

triadic

#AB8AAA #AAAB8A #8AAAAB

tetradic

#AB8AAA #AB9B8A #8AAB8B #8A99AB

square

#AB8AAA #AB9B8A #8AAB8B #8A99AB

split-complementary

#AB8AAA #99AB8A #8AAB9B

monochromatic

#6D4E6C #90688F #AB8AAA #C5AEC4 #DED1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AB8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AB8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8AAA

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8AAA	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)

#8892AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.060 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4acc3',
    500: '#ab8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8aaa;
$custom-light: #c4acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.818,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6745,
    "c": 0.05986,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8AAA

secondary

#C2CFC3

accent

#9B4D4B

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8AAA

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

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