#AB9BE7#AB9BE7

#AB9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.109 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BE7
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 21.90, -36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 42.35, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.043 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.109 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9363, 37.8695, 80.6333)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BE7 #D7E79B

analogous

#9BB1E7 #AB9BE7 #D19BE7

triadic

#AB9BE7 #E7AB9B #9BE7AB

tetradic

#AB9BE7 #E79BB1 #D7E79B #9BE7D1

square

#AB9BE7 #E79BB1 #D7E79B #9BE7D1

split-complementary

#AB9BE7 #E7D19B #B1E79B

monochromatic

#5838CF #826ADB #AB9BE7 #D4CCF3 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AB9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AB9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BE7

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BE7	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.109 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8ef',
    500: '#ab9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9be7;
$custom-light: #c5b8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BE7

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C91DA5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BE7

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

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