#AB8AAE#AB8AAE

#AB8AAE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.064 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8AAE
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(295, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(295, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 18.95, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 23.67, 323.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0517 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.064 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5221, 29.8916, 44.0399)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8AAE #8DAE8A

analogous

#998AAE #AB8AAE #AE8A9F

triadic

#AB8AAE #AEAB8A #8AAEAB

tetradic

#AB8AAE #AE998A #8DAE8A #8A9FAE

square

#AB8AAE #AE998A #8DAE8A #8A9FAE

split-complementary

#AB8AAE #9FAE8A #8AAE99

monochromatic

#6D4E70 #906794 #AB8AAE #C5AEC7 #DFD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AB8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#AB8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8AAE

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8AAE	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.064 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4acc6',
    500: '#ab8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8aae;
$custom-light: #c4acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67597,
    "c": 0.06422,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8AAE

secondary

#C4D1C3

accent

#9C4950

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8AAE

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

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