#AB9CED#AB9CED

#AB9CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9CED
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 22.80, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 44.97, 300.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0431 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.116 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9653, 38.5485, 85.2286)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9CED #DEED9C

analogous

#9CB6ED #AB9CED #D49CED

triadic

#AB9CED #EDAB9C #9CEDAB

tetradic

#AB9CED #ED9CB6 #DEED9C #9CEDD4

square

#AB9CED #ED9CB6 #DEED9C #9CEDD4

split-complementary

#AB9CED #EDD49C #B6ED9C

monochromatic

#5334DA #7F68E4 #AB9CED #D7D0F6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AB9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AB9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9CED

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9CED	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b9f3',
    500: '#ab9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9ced;
$custom-light: #c5b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73664,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9CED

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D114AE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9CED

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

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