#AB8BC2#AB8BC2

#AB8BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.087 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8BC2
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(275, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 22.51, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 32.92, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0563 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.087 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7631, 31.0186, 55.1316)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8BC2 #A2C28B

analogous

#8F8BC2 #AB8BC2 #C28BBD

triadic

#AB8BC2 #C2AB8B #8BC2AB

tetradic

#AB8BC2 #C28F8B #A2C28B #8BBDC2

square

#AB8BC2 #C28F8B #A2C28B #8BBDC2

split-complementary

#AB8BC2 #BDC28B #8BC28F

monochromatic

#6F498A #8E63AD #AB8BC2 #C8B3D7 #E5DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AB8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AB8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8BC2

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8BC2	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8296C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.087 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4add4',
    500: '#ab8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8bc2;
$custom-light: #c4add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.909,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68573,
    "c": 0.08652,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8BC2

secondary

#D3DECB

accent

#AA3C6A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8BC2

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

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