#AB98CD#AB98CD

#AB98CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.079 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB98CD
RGB	rgb(171, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(262, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 17.56, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 30.24, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0403 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.079 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0400, 35.5221, 62.5455)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB98CD #BACD98

analogous

#98A0CD #AB98CD #C598CD

triadic

#AB98CD #CDAB98 #98CDAB

tetradic

#AB98CD #CD98A0 #BACD98 #98CDC5

square

#AB98CD #CD98A0 #BACD98 #98CDC5

split-complementary

#AB98CD #CDC598 #A0CD98

monochromatic

#6A4D9E #896FB9 #AB98CD #CDC1E1 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AB98CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AB98CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB98CD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB98CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB98CD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab98cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.079 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b6dc',
    500: '#ab98cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab98cd;
$custom-light: #c4b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab98cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71499,
    "c": 0.07852,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB98CD

secondary

#E3E8D9

accent

#AD3883

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB98CD

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

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