#AB9BED#AB9BED

#AB9BED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9BED
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(252, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(252, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 23.36, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 45.59, 300.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0445 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.118 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7982, 38.2143, 85.1729)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9BED #DDED9B

analogous

#9BB4ED #AB9BED #D49BED

triadic

#AB9BED #EDAB9B #9BEDAB

tetradic

#AB9BED #ED9BB4 #DDED9B #9BEDD4

square

#AB9BED #ED9BB4 #DDED9B #9BEDD4

split-complementary

#AB9BED #EDD49B #B4ED9B

monochromatic

#5433DA #7F67E4 #AB9BED #D7CFF6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AB9BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AB9BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9BED

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9BED	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8f3',
    500: '#ab9bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9bed;
$custom-light: #c5b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73477,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9BED

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D114AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9BED

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

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