#AB97E4#AB97E4

#AB97E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97E4
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 228)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(256, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 33.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 23.44, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 43.23, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0479 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.112 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8615, 36.3921, 78.2027)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97E4 #D0E497

analogous

#97AAE4 #AB97E4 #D297E4

triadic

#AB97E4 #E4AB97 #97E4AB

tetradic

#AB97E4 #E497AA #D0E497 #97E4D2

square

#AB97E4 #E497AA #D0E497 #97E4D2

split-complementary

#AB97E4 #E4D297 #AAE497

monochromatic

#5D36CB #8466D7 #AB97E4 #D2C8F1 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AB97E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AB97E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97E4

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97E4	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5ec',
    500: '#ab97e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97e4;
$custom-light: #c5b5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.584,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97E4

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C61F9B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97E4

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

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