#AB9DEC#AB9DEC

#AB9DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9DEC
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 21.99, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 43.82, 300.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0415 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.113 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9881, 38.8273, 84.5175)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9DEC #DEEC9D

analogous

#9DB7EC #AB9DEC #D39DEC

triadic

#AB9DEC #ECAB9D #9DECAB

tetradic

#AB9DEC #EC9DB7 #DEEC9D #9DECD3

square

#AB9DEC #EC9DB7 #DEEC9D #9DECD3

split-complementary

#AB9DEC #ECD39D #B7EC9D

monochromatic

#5336D8 #7F6AE2 #AB9DEC #D7D0F6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AB9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AB9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9DEC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9DEC	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5baf2',
    500: '#ab9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9dec;
$custom-light: #c5baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.633,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9DEC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#CF16AF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9DEC

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

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