#AB9DCD#AB9DCD

#AB9DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.070 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9DCD
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 14.75, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 27.06, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.033 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.07 298)
XYZ	xyz(39.8687, 37.1795, 62.8217)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9DCD #BFCD9D

analogous

#9DA7CD #AB9DCD #C39DCD

triadic

#AB9DCD #CDAB9D #9DCDAB

tetradic

#AB9DCD #CD9DA7 #BFCD9D #9DCDC3

square

#AB9DCD #CD9DA7 #BFCD9D #9DCDC3

split-complementary

#AB9DCD #CDC39D #A7CD9D

monochromatic

#68519F #8874B8 #AB9DCD #CEC6E2 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AB9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AB9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9DCD

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9DCD	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.070 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4badc',
    500: '#ab9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9dcd;
$custom-light: #c4badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.07023,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.3718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9DCD

secondary

#E6E9DD

accent

#AB3A8A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9DCD

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

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