#AB99CD#AB99CD

#AB99CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.077 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB99CD
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 17.00, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 29.60, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0388 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.077 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2030, 35.8481, 62.5998)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB99CD #BBCD99

analogous

#99A1CD #AB99CD #C599CD

triadic

#AB99CD #CDAB99 #99CDAB

tetradic

#AB99CD #CD99A1 #BBCD99 #99CDC5

square

#AB99CD #CD99A1 #BBCD99 #99CDC5

split-complementary

#AB99CD #CDC599 #A1CD99

monochromatic

#694D9E #8970B9 #AB99CD #CDC2E1 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AB99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AB99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB99CD

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB99CD	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.077 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7dc',
    500: '#ab99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab99cd;
$custom-light: #c4b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71692,
    "c": 0.07685,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB99CD

secondary

#E3E8DA

accent

#AD3885

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB99CD

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

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