#AB8DBE#AB8DBE

#AB8DBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.078 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8DBE
RGB	rgb(171, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(277, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 20.52, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 29.54, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0522 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.078 312)
XYZ	xyz(35.6122, 31.4258, 52.8949)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8DBE #A0BE8D

analogous

#938DBE #AB8DBE #BE8DB8

triadic

#AB8DBE #BEAB8D #8DBEAB

tetradic

#AB8DBE #BE938D #A0BE8D #8DB8BE

square

#AB8DBE #BE938D #A0BE8D #8DB8BE

split-complementary

#AB8DBE #B8BE8D #8DBE93

monochromatic

#6F4C85 #8E66A8 #AB8DBE #C8B4D4 #E4DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AB8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AB8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8DBE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8DBE	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.078 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aed1',
    500: '#ab8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8dbe;
$custom-light: #c4aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68786,
    "c": 0.07789,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.31425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8DBE

secondary

#D2DCCB

accent

#A64067

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8DBE

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

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