#AB96CD#AB96CD

#AB96CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.082 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB96CD
RGB	rgb(171, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(263, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(263, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 18.69, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 31.52, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0432 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.082 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7181, 34.8784, 62.4382)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB96CD #B8CD96

analogous

#969DCD #AB96CD #C796CD

triadic

#AB96CD #CDAB96 #96CDAB

tetradic

#AB96CD #CD969D #B8CD96 #96CDC7

square

#AB96CD #CD969D #B8CD96 #96CDC7

split-complementary

#AB96CD #CDC796 #9DCD96

monochromatic

#6B4B9E #8A6DB9 #AB96CD #CCBFE1 #EDE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AB96CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#AB96CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB96CD

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB96CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB96CD	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab96cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.082 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5dc',
    500: '#ab96cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab96cd;
$custom-light: #c4b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab96cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.909,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB96CD

secondary

#E1E7D8

accent

#AE3781

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB96CD

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

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