#AB9EAD#AB9EAD

#AB9EAD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.026 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9EAD
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(292, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(292, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 7.53, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 9.66, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0204 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.026 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5631, 36.1291, 44.5745)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9EAD #A0AD9E

analogous

#A49EAD #AB9EAD #AD9EA8

triadic

#AB9EAD #ADAB9E #9EADAB

tetradic

#AB9EAD #ADA49E #A0AD9E #9EA8AD

square

#AB9EAD #ADA49E #A0AD9E #9EA8AD

split-complementary

#AB9EAD #A8AD9E #9EADA4

monochromatic

#6F6071 #8E7D91 #AB9EAD #C8BFC9 #E4E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AB9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AB9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9EAD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9EAD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.026 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bac5',
    500: '#ab9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9ead;
$custom-light: #c4bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 8.38,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.02599,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9EAD

secondary

#D2D6D1

accent

#92535C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9EAD

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

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