#AB97E5#AB97E5

#AB97E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97E5
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 229)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 23.68, -36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 43.76, 302.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0481 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.113 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0007, 36.4478, 78.9359)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97E5 #D1E597

analogous

#97AAE5 #AB97E5 #D297E5

triadic

#AB97E5 #E5AB97 #97E5AB

tetradic

#AB97E5 #E597AA #D1E597 #97E5D2

square

#AB97E5 #E597AA #D1E597 #97E5D2

split-complementary

#AB97E5 #E5D297 #AAE597

monochromatic

#5C35CD #8366D9 #AB97E5 #D3C8F1 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AB97E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AB97E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97E5

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97E5	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5ed',
    500: '#ab97e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97e5;
$custom-light: #c5b5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72357,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97E5

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C81E9C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97E5

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

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