#AB8CD5#AB8CD5

#AB8CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.109 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8CD5
RGB	rgb(171, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 26.15, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 42.21, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0599 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.109 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1804, 32.2182, 67.1452)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8CD5 #B6D58C

analogous

#8C92D5 #AB8CD5 #D08CD5

triadic

#AB8CD5 #D5AB8C #8CD5AB

tetradic

#AB8CD5 #D58C92 #B6D58C #8CD5D0

square

#AB8CD5 #D58C92 #B6D58C #8CD5D0

split-complementary

#AB8CD5 #D5D08C #92D58C

monochromatic

#6B3EA9 #8A5FC5 #AB8CD5 #CCB9E5 #ECE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AB8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AB8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8CD5

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8CD5	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C99D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A497A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.109 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aee2',
    500: '#ab8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8cd5;
$custom-light: #c5aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.479,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69587,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8CD5

secondary

#E0E9D4

accent

#BA2C7D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8CD5

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

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