#AB9BCD#AB9BCD

#AB9BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.074 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BCD
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 15.88, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 28.33, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0359 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.074 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5331, 36.5083, 62.7099)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BCD #BDCD9B

analogous

#9BA4CD #AB9BCD #C49BCD

triadic

#AB9BCD #CDAB9B #9BCDAB

tetradic

#AB9BCD #CD9BA4 #BDCD9B #9BCDC4

square

#AB9BCD #CD9BA4 #BDCD9B #9BCDC4

split-complementary

#AB9BCD #CDC49B #A4CD9B

monochromatic

#694F9E #8972B9 #AB9BCD #CDC4E1 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AB9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#AB9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BCD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BCD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.074 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8dc',
    500: '#ab9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9bcd;
$custom-light: #c4b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7208,
    "c": 0.07352,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BCD

secondary

#E4E9DB

accent

#AC3987

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BCD

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

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