#AB8AE3#AB8AE3

#AB8AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.131 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8AE3
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, 30.55, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 50.89, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0658 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.131 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7451, 32.3808, 76.8144)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8AE3 #C2E38A

analogous

#8A96E3 #AB8AE3 #D88AE3

triadic

#AB8AE3 #E3AB8A #8AE3AB

tetradic

#AB8AE3 #E38A96 #C2E38A #8AE3D8

square

#AB8AE3 #E38A96 #C2E38A #8AE3D8

split-complementary

#AB8AE3 #E3D88A #96E38A

monochromatic

#662FC4 #8859D7 #AB8AE3 #CEBBEF #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AB8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AB8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8AE3

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8AE3	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A199AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.131 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acec',
    500: '#ab8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8ae3;
$custom-light: #c5acec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.247,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8AE3

secondary

#E7F0D9

accent

#C91C89

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8AE3

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

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