#AB97AE#AB97AE

#AB97AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.040 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97AE
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(292, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(292, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 11.63, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 14.86, 321.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0315 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.04 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5001, 33.8476, 44.6993)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97AE #9AAE97

analogous

#9F97AE #AB97AE #AE97A5

triadic

#AB97AE #AEAB97 #97AEAB

tetradic

#AB97AE #AE9F97 #9AAE97 #97A5AE

square

#AB97AE #AE9F97 #9AAE97 #97A5AE

split-complementary

#AB97AE #A5AE97 #97AE9F

monochromatic

#6F5972 #8F7593 #AB97AE #C7B9C9 #E3DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AB97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AB97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97AE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97AE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.040 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5c6',
    500: '#ab97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97ae;
$custom-light: #c4b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70134,
    "c": 0.04006,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97AE

secondary

#CDD4CC

accent

#974F58

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97AE

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

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