#AB9FBC#AB9FBC

#AB9FBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.043 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9FBC
RGB	rgb(171, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(265, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 9.98, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 16.67, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0244 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.043 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2681, 37.0851, 52.7093)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9FBC #B0BC9F

analogous

#9FA1BC #AB9FBC #B99FBC

triadic

#AB9FBC #BCAB9F #9FBCAB

tetradic

#AB9FBC #BC9FA1 #B0BC9F #9FBCB9

square

#AB9FBC #BC9FA1 #B0BC9F #9FBCB9

split-complementary

#AB9FBC #BCB99F #A1BC9F

monochromatic

#6D5C84 #8B7BA3 #AB9FBC #CBC3D5 #EAE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AB9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AB9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9FBC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9FBC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.043 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bbd0',
    500: '#ab9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9fbc;
$custom-light: #c4bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.04348,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9FBC

secondary

#DCE0D7

accent

#9C497A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9FBC

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

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