#AB9DCC#AB9DCC

#AB9DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.069 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9DCC
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(258, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 14.53, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 26.52, 303.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0327 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.069 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7484, 37.1313, 62.1880)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9DCC #BECC9D

analogous

#9DA6CC #AB9DCC #C29DCC

triadic

#AB9DCC #CCAB9D #9DCCAB

tetradic

#AB9DCC #CC9DA6 #BECC9D #9DCCC2

square

#AB9DCC #CC9DA6 #BECC9D #9DCCC2

split-complementary

#AB9DCC #CCC29D #A6CC9D

monochromatic

#68529D #8875B7 #AB9DCC #CEC5E1 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AB9DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AB9DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9DCC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9DCC	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.069 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4badb',
    500: '#ab9dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9dcc;
$custom-light: #c4badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.06884,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9DCC

secondary

#E5E9DC

accent

#AA3B89

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9DCC

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

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