#AB9CD2#AB9CD2

#AB9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.079 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9CD2
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(257, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 16.43, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 30.39, 302.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0359 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.079 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3134, 37.0878, 65.9951)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9CD2 #C3D29C

analogous

#9CA8D2 #AB9CD2 #C69CD2

triadic

#AB9CD2 #D2AB9C #9CD2AB

tetradic

#AB9CD2 #D29CA8 #C3D29C #9CD2C6

square

#AB9CD2 #D29CA8 #C3D29C #9CD2C6

split-complementary

#AB9CD2 #D2C69C #A8D29C

monochromatic

#664CA7 #8772BF #AB9CD2 #CFC6E5 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AB9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AB9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9CD2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9CD2	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.079 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9e0',
    500: '#ab9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9cd2;
$custom-light: #c4b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72478,
    "c": 0.07879,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9CD2

secondary

#E8ECDE

accent

#B0358E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9CD2

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

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