#AB8BD2#AB8BD2

#AB8BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8BD2
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(267, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 26.04, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 41.27, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0606 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.107 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6577, 31.7764, 65.1099)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8BD2 #B2D28B

analogous

#8B8ED2 #AB8BD2 #CE8BD2

triadic

#AB8BD2 #D2AB8B #8BD2AB

tetradic

#AB8BD2 #D28B8E #B2D28B #8BD2CE

square

#AB8BD2 #D28B8E #B2D28B #8BD2CE

split-complementary

#AB8BD2 #D2CE8B #8ED28B

monochromatic

#6C3FA3 #8B5FC1 #AB8BD2 #CBB7E3 #EBE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB8BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AB8BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8BD2

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8BD2	1.00	2.86	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C98D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A596A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ade0',
    500: '#ab8bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8bd2;
$custom-light: #c5ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.042,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8BD2

secondary

#DDE7D2

accent

#B72E7A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8BD2

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

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