#AB99BC#AB99BC

#AB99BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.054 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB99BC
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(271, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(271, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 13.34, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 20.57, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0334 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.054 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2613, 35.0714, 52.3737)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB99BC #AABC99

analogous

#9A99BC #AB99BC #BC99BC

triadic

#AB99BC #BCAB99 #99BCAB

tetradic

#AB99BC #BC9A99 #AABC99 #99BCBC

square

#AB99BC #BC9A99 #AABC99 #99BCBC

split-complementary

#AB99BC #BCBC99 #99BC9A

monochromatic

#6E5784 #8D74A4 #AB99BC #C9BED4 #E8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AB99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AB99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB99BC

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB99BC	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)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.054 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7d0',
    500: '#ab99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab99bc;
$custom-light: #c4b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71031,
    "c": 0.05393,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB99BC

secondary

#D8DED3

accent

#9F4671

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB99BC

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

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