#AB8AAB#AB8AAB

#AB8AAB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.061 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8AAB
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 18.37, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 22.29, 325.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.0507 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.061 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2329, 29.7759, 42.5168)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8AAB #8AAB8A

analogous

#9A8AAB #AB8AAB #AB8A9A

triadic

#AB8AAB #ABAB8A #8AABAB

tetradic

#AB8AAB #AB9A8A #8AAB8A #8A9AAB

square

#AB8AAB #AB9A8A #8AAB8A #8A9AAB

split-complementary

#AB8AAB #9AAB8A #8AAB9A

monochromatic

#6D4E6D #906890 #AB8AAB #C5AEC5 #DED1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AB8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#AB8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8AAB

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8AAB	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.061 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4acc4',
    500: '#ab8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8aab;
$custom-light: #c4acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67487,
    "c": 0.06093,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8AAB

secondary

#C2CFC2

accent

#9B4B4B

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8AAB

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

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