#AB97EE#AB97EE

#AB97EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB97EE
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(254, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 25.86, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 48.60, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0501 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.125 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2900, 36.9635, 85.7263)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB97EE #DAEE97

analogous

#97AFEE #AB97EE #D797EE

triadic

#AB97EE #EEAB97 #97EEAB

tetradic

#AB97EE #EE97AF #DAEE97 #97EED7

square

#AB97EE #EE97AF #DAEE97 #97EED7

split-complementary

#AB97EE #EED797 #AFEE97

monochromatic

#562EDD #8162E5 #AB97EE #D5CCF7 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AB97EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AB97EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB97EE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB97EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB97EE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab97ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5f4',
    500: '#ab97ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab97ee;
$custom-light: #c6b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab97ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.793,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB97EE

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D412A7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB97EE

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

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