#AB97EB#AB97EB

#AB97EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97EB
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 25.13, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 46.99, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0495 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.121 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8530, 36.7887, 83.4244)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97EB #D7EB97

analogous

#97ADEB #AB97EB #D597EB

triadic

#AB97EB #EBAB97 #97EBAB

tetradic

#AB97EB #EB97AD #D7EB97 #97EBD5

square

#AB97EB #EB97AD #D7EB97 #97EBD5

split-complementary

#AB97EB #EBD597 #ADEB97

monochromatic

#5830D7 #8264E1 #AB97EB #D4CAF5 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AB97EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AB97EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97EB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97EB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5f1',
    500: '#ab97eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97eb;
$custom-light: #c5b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97EB

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D016A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97EB

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

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