#AB97D9#AB97D9

#AB97D9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97D9
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 217)
HSL	hsl(258, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 20.85, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 37.31, 303.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0451 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.097 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3828, 35.8007, 70.4149)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97D9 #C5D997

analogous

#97A4D9 #AB97D9 #CC97D9

triadic

#AB97D9 #D9AB97 #97D9AB

tetradic

#AB97D9 #D997A4 #C5D997 #97D9CC

square

#AB97D9 #D997A4 #C5D997 #97D9CC

split-complementary

#AB97D9 #D9CC97 #A4D997

monochromatic

#6442B4 #876AC9 #AB97D9 #CFC4E9 #EDE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AB97D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AB97D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97D9

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97D9	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5e5',
    500: '#ab97d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97d9;
$custom-light: #c5b5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.182,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97D9

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BA2C8F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97D9

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

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