#AB9ECD#AB9ECD

#AB9ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.069 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9ECD
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 14.19, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 26.43, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0315 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.069 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0386, 37.5192, 62.8783)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9ECD #C0CD9E

analogous

#9EA8CD #AB9ECD #C29ECD

triadic

#AB9ECD #CDAB9E #9ECDAB

tetradic

#AB9ECD #CD9EA8 #C0CD9E #9ECDC2

square

#AB9ECD #CD9EA8 #C0CD9E #9ECDC2

split-complementary

#AB9ECD #CDC29E #A8CD9E

monochromatic

#67529F #8876B8 #AB9ECD #CEC6E2 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AB9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AB9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9ECD

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9ECD	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.069 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4badc',
    500: '#ab9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9ecd;
$custom-light: #c4badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9ECD

secondary

#E6EADD

accent

#AB3B8C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9ECD

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

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