#AB9BE2#AB9BE2

#AB9BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BE2
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 20.71, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 39.66, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0418 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.103 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2402, 37.5911, 76.9672)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BE2 #D2E29B

analogous

#9BAFE2 #AB9BE2 #CF9BE2

triadic

#AB9BE2 #E2AB9B #9BE2AB

tetradic

#AB9BE2 #E29BAF #D2E29B #9BE2CF

square

#AB9BE2 #E29BAF #D2E29B #9BE2CF

split-complementary

#AB9BE2 #E2CF9B #AFE29B

monochromatic

#5B3CC6 #836CD4 #AB9BE2 #D3CAF0 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AB9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AB9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BE2

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BE2	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8eb',
    500: '#ab9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9be2;
$custom-light: #c5b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.521,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72973,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BE2

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C3239F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BE2

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

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