#AB8ADE#AB8ADE

#AB8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8ADE
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 29.37, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 48.25, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0648 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.125 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0650, 32.1087, 73.2326)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8ADE #BDDE8A

analogous

#8A93DE #AB8ADE #D58ADE

triadic

#AB8ADE #DEAB8A #8ADEAB

tetradic

#AB8ADE #DE8A93 #BDDE8A #8ADED5

square

#AB8ADE #DE8A93 #BDDE8A #8ADED5

split-complementary

#AB8ADE #DED58A #93DE8A

monochromatic

#6934B9 #895AD1 #AB8ADE #CDBAEB #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AB8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AB8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8ADE

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8ADE	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7699E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A298AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ace8',
    500: '#ab8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8ade;
$custom-light: #c5ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69645,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8ADE

secondary

#E4EDD6

accent

#C42284

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8ADE

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

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