#AB99BB#AB99BB

#AB99BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.053 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB99BB
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 13.13, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 20.05, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.033 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.053 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1539, 35.0285, 51.8079)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB99BB #A9BB99

analogous

#9A99BB #AB99BB #BB99BA

triadic

#AB99BB #BBAB99 #99BBAB

tetradic

#AB99BB #BB9A99 #A9BB99 #99BABB

square

#AB99BB #BB9A99 #A9BB99 #99BABB

split-complementary

#AB99BB #BABB99 #99BB9A

monochromatic

#6E5783 #8D74A3 #AB99BB #C9BED3 #E7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AB99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AB99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB99BB

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB99BB	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.053 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7cf',
    500: '#ab99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab99bb;
$custom-light: #c4b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.05262,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB99BB

secondary

#D8DDD2

accent

#9E4770

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB99BB

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

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