#AB97CD#AB97CD

#AB97CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.080 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97CD
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(262, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 18.13, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 30.88, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0417 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.08 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8784, 35.1989, 62.4916)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97CD #B9CD97

analogous

#979ECD #AB97CD #C697CD

triadic

#AB97CD #CDAB97 #97CDAB

tetradic

#AB97CD #CD979E #B9CD97 #97CDC6

square

#AB97CD #CD979E #B9CD97 #97CDC6

split-complementary

#AB97CD #CDC697 #9ECD97

monochromatic

#6A4C9E #8A6EB9 #AB97CD #CCC0E1 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AB97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AB97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97CD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97CD	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.080 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5dc',
    500: '#ab97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97cd;
$custom-light: #c4b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71306,
    "c": 0.08019,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97CD

secondary

#E2E8D8

accent

#AE3882

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97CD

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

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