#AB8EBE#AB8EBE

#AB8EBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.076 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8EBE
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(276, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 19.96, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 28.88, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0506 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.076 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7603, 31.7220, 52.9443)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8EBE #A1BE8E

analogous

#938EBE #AB8EBE #BE8EB9

triadic

#AB8EBE #BEAB8E #8EBEAB

tetradic

#AB8EBE #BE938E #A1BE8E #8EB9BE

square

#AB8EBE #BE938E #A1BE8E #8EB9BE

split-complementary

#AB8EBE #B9BE8E #8EBE93

monochromatic

#6F4D85 #8E67A8 #AB8EBE #C8B5D4 #E5DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB8EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AB8EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8EBE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8EBE	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.076 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4afd1',
    500: '#ab8ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8ebe;
$custom-light: #c4afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68976,
    "c": 0.0761,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8EBE

secondary

#D2DCCC

accent

#A64068

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8EBE

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

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