#AB9BB2#AB9BB2

#AB9BB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.038 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BB2
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(282, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(282, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 10.18, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 14.12, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0268 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.038 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5505, 35.3153, 47.0019)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BB2 #A2B29B

analogous

#9F9BB2 #AB9BB2 #B29BAD

triadic

#AB9BB2 #B2AB9B #9BB2AB

tetradic

#AB9BB2 #B29F9B #A2B29B #9BADB2

square

#AB9BB2 #B29F9B #A2B29B #9BADB2

split-complementary

#AB9BB2 #ADB29B #9BB29F

monochromatic

#6F5C77 #8E7897 #AB9BB2 #C8BECD #E5E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AB9BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AB9BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BB2

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BB2	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)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.038 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8c9',
    500: '#ab9bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9bb2;
$custom-light: #c4b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 12.994,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71071,
    "c": 0.03751,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BB2

secondary

#D3D8D1

accent

#974E65

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BB2

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

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