#AB9ABA#AB9ABA

#AB9ABA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.050 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9ABA
RGB	rgb(171, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(272, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 12.36, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 18.87, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0312 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.05 309)
XYZ	xyz(37.2116, 35.3145, 51.3009)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9ABA #A9BA9A

analogous

#9B9ABA #AB9ABA #BA9AB9

triadic

#AB9ABA #BAAB9A #9ABAAB

tetradic

#AB9ABA #BA9B9A #A9BA9A #9AB9BA

square

#AB9ABA #BA9B9A #A9BA9A #9AB9BA

split-complementary

#AB9ABA #B9BA9A #9ABA9B

monochromatic

#6E5881 #8D76A1 #AB9ABA #C9BED3 #E7E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AB9ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AB9ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9ABA

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9ABA	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.050 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7ce',
    500: '#ab9aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9aba;
$custom-light: #c4b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.04953,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.35314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9ABA

secondary

#D8DDD3

accent

#9D4870

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9ABA

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

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