#AB8DCD#AB8DCD

#AB8DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.097 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8DCD
RGB	rgb(171, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 23.78, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 37.34, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0564 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.097 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3368, 32.1156, 61.9777)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8DCD #AFCD8D

analogous

#8D8FCD #AB8DCD #CB8DCD

triadic

#AB8DCD #CDAB8D #8DCDAB

tetradic

#AB8DCD #CD8D8F #AFCD8D #8DCDCB

square

#AB8DCD #CD8D8F #AFCD8D #8DCDCB

split-complementary

#AB8DCD #CDCB8D #8FCD8D

monochromatic

#6D449B #8C62BA #AB8DCD #CAB8E0 #EAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AB8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AB8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8DCD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8DCD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8099D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A696A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.097 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aedc',
    500: '#ab8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8dcd;
$custom-light: #c5aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69415,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8DCD

secondary

#DCE5D1

accent

#B23377

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8DCD

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

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