#AB97DB#AB97DB

#AB97DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97DB
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(258, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(258, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 21.32, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 38.39, 303.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0456 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.099 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6445, 35.9053, 71.7932)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97DB #C7DB97

analogous

#97A5DB #AB97DB #CD97DB

triadic

#AB97DB #DBAB97 #97DBAB

tetradic

#AB97DB #DB97A5 #C7DB97 #97DBCD

square

#AB97DB #DB97A5 #C7DB97 #97DBCD

split-complementary

#AB97DB #DBCD97 #A5DB97

monochromatic

#6340B8 #866ACB #AB97DB #D0C4EB #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AB97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AB97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97DB

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97DB	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5e6',
    500: '#ab97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97db;
$custom-light: #c5b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71904,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97DB

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BC2A91

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97DB

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

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