#AB9CD7#AB9CD7

#AB9CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.086 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9CD7
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(255, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 17.57, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 33.09, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0374 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.086 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9460, 37.3408, 69.3271)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9CD7 #C8D79C

analogous

#9CAAD7 #AB9CD7 #C89CD7

triadic

#AB9CD7 #D7AB9C #9CD7AB

tetradic

#AB9CD7 #D79CAA #C8D79C #9CD7C8

square

#AB9CD7 #D79CAA #C8D79C #9CD7C8

split-complementary

#AB9CD7 #D7C89C #AAD79C

monochromatic

#6248B1 #8670C5 #AB9CD7 #D0C8E9 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AB9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#AB9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9CD7

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9CD7	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.086 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9e3',
    500: '#ab9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9cd7;
$custom-light: #c4b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9CD7

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B63094

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9CD7

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

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