#AB9EDD#AB9EDD

#AB9EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.091 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9EDD
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 17.84, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 35.09, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0362 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.091 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0696, 38.3316, 73.5749)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9EDD #D0DD9E

analogous

#9EB1DD #AB9EDD #CB9EDD

triadic

#AB9EDD #DDAB9E #9EDDAB

tetradic

#AB9EDD #DD9EB1 #D0DD9E #9EDDCB

square

#AB9EDD #DD9EB1 #D0DD9E #9EDDCB

split-complementary

#AB9EDD #DDCB9E #B1DD9E

monochromatic

#5D43BD #8471CD #AB9EDD #D2CBED #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AB9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AB9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9EDD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9EDD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.091 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bae7',
    500: '#ab9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9edd;
$custom-light: #c5bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.381,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9EDD

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BB2A9D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9EDD

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

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