#AB8CD8#AB8CD8

#AB8CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8CD8
RGB	rgb(171, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 26.84, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 43.79, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0606 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.113 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5647, 32.3720, 69.1692)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8CD8 #B9D88C

analogous

#8C93D8 #AB8CD8 #D18CD8

triadic

#AB8CD8 #D8AB8C #8CD8AB

tetradic

#AB8CD8 #D88C93 #B9D88C #8CD8D1

square

#AB8CD8 #D88C93 #B9D88C #8CD8D1

split-complementary

#AB8CD8 #D8D18C #93D88C

monochromatic

#6A3BAE #8A5EC9 #AB8CD8 #CCBAE7 #EEE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AB8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AB8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8CD8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8CD8	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A398A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aee4',
    500: '#ab8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8cd8;
$custom-light: #c5aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.474,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69724,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8CD8

secondary

#E2EBD5

accent

#BD2980

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8CD8

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

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