#AB9DAD#AB9DAD

#AB9DAD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.028 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9DAD
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(293, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(293, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 8.08, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 10.34, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0219 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.028 322)
XYZ	xyz(36.3933, 35.7893, 44.5179)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9DAD #9FAD9D

analogous

#A39DAD #AB9DAD #AD9DA7

triadic

#AB9DAD #ADAB9D #9DADAB

tetradic

#AB9DAD #ADA39D #9FAD9D #9DA7AD

square

#AB9DAD #ADA39D #9FAD9D #9DA7AD

split-complementary

#AB9DAD #A7AD9D #9DADA3

monochromatic

#6F5F71 #8E7C91 #AB9DAD #C8BEC9 #E4E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AB9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AB9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9DAD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9DAD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.028 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bac5',
    500: '#ab9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9dad;
$custom-light: #c4bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 8.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71305,
    "c": 0.02784,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.35789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9DAD

secondary

#D1D6D0

accent

#93535B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9DAD

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

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