#AB8BEE#AB8BEE

#AB8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.144 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8BEE
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 32.64, -45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 56.09, 305.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0664 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.144 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4562, 33.2958, 85.1150)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8BEE #CEEE8B

analogous

#8B9DEE #AB8BEE #DD8BEE

triadic

#AB8BEE #EEAB8B #8BEEAB

tetradic

#AB8BEE #EE8B9D #CEEE8B #8BEEDD

square

#AB8BEE #EE8B9D #CEEE8B #8BEEDD

split-complementary

#AB8BEE #EEDD8B #9DEE8B

monochromatic

#5E21DE #8456E6 #AB8BEE #D2C0F6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AB8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AB8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8BEE

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8BEE	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.144 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adf4',
    500: '#ab8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8bee;
$custom-light: #c6adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.394,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70617,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8BEE

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70F96

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8BEE

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

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