#AB97BC#AB97BC

#AB97BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.057 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97BC
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(272, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 14.46, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 21.89, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0364 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.057 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9367, 34.4222, 52.2655)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97BC #A8BC97

analogous

#9997BC #AB97BC #BC97BB

triadic

#AB97BC #BCAB97 #97BCAB

tetradic

#AB97BC #BC9997 #A8BC97 #97BBBC

square

#AB97BC #BC9997 #A8BC97 #97BBBC

split-complementary

#AB97BC #BBBC97 #97BC99

monochromatic

#6E5584 #8D72A4 #AB97BC #C9BCD4 #E7E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AB97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AB97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97BC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97BC	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.057 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5d0',
    500: '#ab97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97bc;
$custom-light: #c4b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70637,
    "c": 0.05747,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97BC

secondary

#D7DDD1

accent

#A0456F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97BC

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

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