#AB9DB2#AB9DB2

#AB9DB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.034 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9DB2
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 12%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 9.06, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 12.78, 315.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0238 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.034 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8861, 35.9865, 47.1137)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9DB2 #A4B29D

analogous

#A09DB2 #AB9DB2 #B29DAE

triadic

#AB9DB2 #B2AB9D #9DB2AB

tetradic

#AB9DB2 #B2A09D #A4B29D #9DAEB2

square

#AB9DB2 #B2A09D #A4B29D #9DAEB2

split-complementary

#AB9DB2 #AEB29D #9DB2A0

monochromatic

#6F5E77 #8E7B97 #AB9DB2 #C8BFCD #E6E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AB9DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AB9DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9DB2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9DB2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.034 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bac9',
    500: '#ab9db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9db2;
$custom-light: #c4bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71472,
    "c": 0.03388,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9DB2

secondary

#D4D9D2

accent

#964F67

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9DB2

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

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