#AB8ABC#AB8ABC

#AB8ABC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.081 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8ABC
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 21.80, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 30.52, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0561 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.081 314)
XYZ	xyz(34.9587, 30.4662, 51.6062)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8ABC #9BBC8A

analogous

#928ABC #AB8ABC #BC8AB4

triadic

#AB8ABC #BCAB8A #8ABCAB

tetradic

#AB8ABC #BC928A #9BBC8A #8AB4BC

square

#AB8ABC #BC928A #9BBC8A #8AB4BC

split-complementary

#AB8ABC #B4BC8A #8ABC92

monochromatic

#6F4A81 #8F63A6 #AB8ABC #C7B1D2 #E3D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AB8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#AB8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8ABC

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8ABC	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.081 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4acd0',
    500: '#ab8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8abc;
$custom-light: #c4acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6814,
    "c": 0.0808,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.30466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8ABC

secondary

#CEDAC8

accent

#A64062

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8ABC

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

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