#AB8BC7#AB8BC7

#AB8BC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.093 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8BC7
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(272, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 23.59, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 35.51, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0578 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.093 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3341, 31.2470, 58.1389)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8BC7 #A7C78B

analogous

#8D8BC7 #AB8BC7 #C78BC5

triadic

#AB8BC7 #C7AB8B #8BC7AB

tetradic

#AB8BC7 #C78D8B #A7C78B #8BC5C7

square

#AB8BC7 #C78D8B #A7C78B #8BC5C7

split-complementary

#AB8BC7 #C5C78B #8BC78D

monochromatic

#6E4691 #8D62B3 #AB8BC7 #C9B4DB #E7DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AB8BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AB8BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8BC7

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8BC7	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8096C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8798C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A893A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.093 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4add8',
    500: '#ab8bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8bc7;
$custom-light: #c4add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68784,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8BC7

secondary

#D6E1CD

accent

#AE386F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8BC7

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

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