#AB8AEB#AB8AEB

#AB8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.142 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8AEB
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 32.47, -44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 55.13, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0672 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.142 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8750, 32.8327, 82.7650)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8AEB #CAEB8A

analogous

#8A99EB #AB8AEB #DB8AEB

triadic

#AB8AEB #EBAB8A #8AEBAB

tetradic

#AB8AEB #EB8A99 #CAEB8A #8AEBDB

square

#AB8AEB #EB8A99 #CAEB8A #8AEBDB

split-complementary

#AB8AEB #EBDB8A #99EB8A

monochromatic

#6125D6 #8556E2 #AB8AEB #D1BEF4 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AB8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AB8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8AEB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8AEB	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.142 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acf2',
    500: '#ab8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8aeb;
$custom-light: #c6acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.412,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70288,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8AEB

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31391

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8AEB

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

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