#AB97CB#AB97CB

#AB97CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.077 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97CB
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(263, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 17.68, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 29.81, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0411 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.077 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6385, 35.1029, 61.2283)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97CB #B7CB97

analogous

#979DCB #AB97CB #C597CB

triadic

#AB97CB #CBAB97 #97CBAB

tetradic

#AB97CB #CB979D #B7CB97 #97CBC5

square

#AB97CB #CB979D #B7CB97 #97CBC5

split-complementary

#AB97CB #CBC597 #9DCB97

monochromatic

#6B4D9A #8A6EB7 #AB97CB #CCC0DF #EDE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AB97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AB97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97CB

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97CB	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.077 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5db',
    500: '#ab97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97cb;
$custom-light: #c4b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71224,
    "c": 0.07748,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97CB

secondary

#E1E6D7

accent

#AC3980

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97CB

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

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