#AB9BEC#AB9BEC

#AB9BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BEC
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(252, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 23.12, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 45.05, 300.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0442 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.116 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6525, 38.1561, 84.4056)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BEC #DCEC9B

analogous

#9BB4EC #AB9BEC #D49BEC

triadic

#AB9BEC #ECAB9B #9BECAB

tetradic

#AB9BEC #EC9BB4 #DCEC9B #9BECD4

square

#AB9BEC #EC9BB4 #DCEC9B #9BECD4

split-complementary

#AB9BEC #ECD49B #B4EC9B

monochromatic

#5534D8 #8068E2 #AB9BEC #D6CEF6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AB9BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AB9BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BEC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BEC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8f2',
    500: '#ab9bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9bec;
$custom-light: #c5b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.852,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7343,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BEC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D016AB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BEC

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

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