#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
RGBrgb(171, 151, 217)
HSLhsl(258, 46%, 72%)
HSVhsv(258, 30%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(21.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.37, 20.85, -30.94)
CIE-LCHlch(66.37, 37.31, 303.98°)
OKLaboklab(71.82% 0.0451 -0.0854)
OKLCHoklch(71.82% 0.097 297.8)
XYZxyz(40.3828, 35.8007, 70.4149)
Luminance0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##AB97D91.002.578.168.16
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1621.001.001.00
##0000008.1621.001.001.00

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

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#AB97D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva