#AB8AEE#AB8AEE

#AB8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.145 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8AEE
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 33.20, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 56.72, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0678 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.145 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3120, 33.0075, 85.0669)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8AEE #CDEE8A

analogous

#8A9BEE #AB8AEE #DD8AEE

triadic

#AB8AEE #EEAB8A #8AEEAB

tetradic

#AB8AEE #EE8A9B #CDEE8A #8AEEDD

square

#AB8AEE #EE8A9B #CDEE8A #8AEEDD

split-complementary

#AB8AEE #EEDD8A #9BEE8A

monochromatic

#5F20DD #8555E6 #AB8AEE #D1BFF6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AB8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8AEE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8AEE	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.145 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acf4',
    500: '#ab8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8aee;
$custom-light: #c6acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70442,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8AEE

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70F95

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8AEE

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

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