#AB9BBD#AB9BBD

#AB9BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.052 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BBD
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(268, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 12.42, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 19.79, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0307 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.052 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6996, 35.7749, 53.0534)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BBD #ADBD9B

analogous

#9B9CBD #AB9BBD #BC9BBD

triadic

#AB9BBD #BDAB9B #9BBDAB

tetradic

#AB9BBD #BD9B9C #ADBD9B #9BBDBC

square

#AB9BBD #BD9B9C #ADBD9B #9BBDBC

split-complementary

#AB9BBD #BDBC9B #9CBD9B

monochromatic

#6D5885 #8C76A5 #AB9BBD #CAC0D5 #E9E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AB9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AB9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BBD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BBD	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.052 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8d1',
    500: '#ab9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9bbd;
$custom-light: #c4b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.05175,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BBD

secondary

#DADFD5

accent

#9F4775

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BBD

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

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