#AB8BE5#AB8BE5

#AB8BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.132 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8BE5
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 30.46, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 51.32, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0648 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.132 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1668, 32.7801, 78.3246)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8BE5 #C5E58B

analogous

#8B98E5 #AB8BE5 #D88BE5

triadic

#AB8BE5 #E5AB8B #8BE5AB

tetradic

#AB8BE5 #E58B98 #C5E58B #8BE5D8

square

#AB8BE5 #E58B98 #C5E58B #8BE5D8

split-complementary

#AB8BE5 #E5D88B #98E58B

monochromatic

#642DC9 #8759DA #AB8BE5 #CFBDF0 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AB8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AB8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8BE5

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8BE5	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.132 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aded',
    500: '#ab8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8be5;
$custom-light: #c6aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70165,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8BE5

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CB1A8C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8BE5

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

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