#AB9AEE#AB9AEE

#AB9AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.121 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9AEE
RGB	rgb(171, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(252, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 24.17, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 46.74, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0461 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.121 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7790, 37.9415, 85.8893)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9AEE #DDEE9A

analogous

#9AB3EE #AB9AEE #D59AEE

triadic

#AB9AEE #EEAB9A #9AEEAB

tetradic

#AB9AEE #EE9AB3 #DDEE9A #9AEED5

square

#AB9AEE #EE9AB3 #DDEE9A #9AEED5

split-complementary

#AB9AEE #EED59A #B3EE9A

monochromatic

#5431DC #7F66E5 #AB9AEE #D7CEF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AB9AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AB9AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9AEE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9AEE	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.121 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7f4',
    500: '#ab9aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9aee;
$custom-light: #c6b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.143,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73338,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9AEE

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D312AC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9AEE

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

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