#AB97CC#AB97CC

#AB97CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.079 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97CC
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(263, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(263, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 17.91, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 30.34, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0414 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.079 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7581, 35.1508, 61.8579)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97CC #B8CC97

analogous

#979DCC #AB97CC #C697CC

triadic

#AB97CC #CCAB97 #97CCAB

tetradic

#AB97CC #CC979D #B8CC97 #97CCC6

square

#AB97CC #CC979D #B8CC97 #97CCC6

split-complementary

#AB97CC #CCC697 #9DCC97

monochromatic

#6B4D9C #8A6EB8 #AB97CC #CCC0E0 #EDE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AB97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AB97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97CC

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97CC	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.079 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5db',
    500: '#ab97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97cc;
$custom-light: #c4b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 34.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71265,
    "c": 0.07884,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97CC

secondary

#E1E7D8

accent

#AD3881

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97CC

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

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