#AB9BB7#AB9BB7

#AB9BB7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.044 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BB7
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(274, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 11.19, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 16.66, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0286 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.044 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0617, 35.5197, 49.6941)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BB7 #A7B79B

analogous

#9D9BB7 #AB9BB7 #B79BB5

triadic

#AB9BB7 #B7AB9B #9BB7AB

tetradic

#AB9BB7 #B79D9B #A7B79B #9BB5B7

square

#AB9BB7 #B79D9B #A7B79B #9BB5B7

split-complementary

#AB9BB7 #B5B79B #9BB79D

monochromatic

#6E5A7D #8D779D #AB9BB7 #C9BFD1 #E7E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AB9BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AB9BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BB7

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BB7	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.044 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8cc',
    500: '#ab9bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9bb7;
$custom-light: #c4b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71246,
    "c": 0.04385,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BB7

secondary

#D6DBD2

accent

#9B4B6D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BB7

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

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