#AB97D8#AB97D8

#AB97D8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.095 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97D8
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 216)
HSL	hsl(258, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 20.62, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 36.78, 304.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0448 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.095 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2531, 35.7488, 69.7320)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97D8 #C4D897

analogous

#97A4D8 #AB97D8 #CC97D8

triadic

#AB97D8 #D8AB97 #97D8AB

tetradic

#AB97D8 #D897A4 #C4D897 #97D8CC

square

#AB97D8 #D897A4 #C4D897 #97D8CC

split-complementary

#AB97D8 #D8CC97 #A4D897

monochromatic

#6543B2 #876AC7 #AB97D8 #CFC4E9 #EDE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AB97D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AB97D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97D8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97D8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.095 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5e4',
    500: '#ab97d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97d8;
$custom-light: #c5b5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97D8

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#B92D8E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97D8

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

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