#AB99FF#AB99FF

#AB99FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.145 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB99FF
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(251, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 28.98, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 56.46, 300.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0508 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.145 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2311, 38.6593, 99.6146)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB99FF #EDFF99

analogous

#99BAFF #AB99FF #DE99FF

triadic

#AB99FF #FFAB99 #99FFAB

tetradic

#AB99FF #FF99BA #EDFF99 #99FFDE

square

#AB99FF #FF99BA #EDFF99 #99FFDE

split-complementary

#AB99FF #FFDE99 #BAFF99

monochromatic

#461FFF #795CFF #AB99FF #DDD6FF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AB99FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AB99FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB99FF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB99FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB99FF	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97ACC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab99ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.145 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b7ff',
    500: '#ab99ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab99ff;
$custom-light: #c7b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab99ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7399,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB99FF

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BD

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB99FF

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

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