#AB9BC2#AB9BC2

#AB9BC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.058 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BC2
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(265, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 13.48, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 22.43, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0324 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.058 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2517, 35.9957, 55.9612)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BC2 #B2C29B

analogous

#9B9EC2 #AB9BC2 #BE9BC2

triadic

#AB9BC2 #C2AB9B #9BC2AB

tetradic

#AB9BC2 #C29B9E #B2C29B #9BC2BE

square

#AB9BC2 #C29B9E #B2C29B #9BC2BE

split-complementary

#AB9BC2 #C2BE9B #9EC29B

monochromatic

#6C568D #8B75AB #AB9BC2 #CBC1D9 #EBE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AB9BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AB9BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BC2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BC2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.058 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8d4',
    500: '#ab9bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9bc2;
$custom-light: #c4b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.05847,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BC2

secondary

#DDE2D7

accent

#A3437B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BC2

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

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