#AB97E2#AB97E2

#AB97E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97E2
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(256, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 22.97, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 42.15, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0474 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.109 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5855, 36.2817, 76.7489)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97E2 #CEE297

analogous

#97A9E2 #AB97E2 #D197E2

triadic

#AB97E2 #E2AB97 #97E2AB

tetradic

#AB97E2 #E297A9 #CEE297 #97E2D1

square

#AB97E2 #E297A9 #CEE297 #97E2D1

split-complementary

#AB97E2 #E2D197 #A9E297

monochromatic

#5E38C7 #8467D5 #AB97E2 #D2C7EF #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AB97E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AB97E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97E2

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97E2	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5eb',
    500: '#ab97e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97e2;
$custom-light: #c5b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72219,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97E2

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C42299

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97E2

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

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