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#ab4cdd

a balanced, vivid violet · warm · closest name: slateblue

RGB
171, 76, 221
HSL
279°, 68%, 58%
CMYK
23, 66, 0, 13
Luminance
0.1905

Every format

HEX#ab4cdd
RGBrgb(171, 76, 221)
HSLhsl(279, 68%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 66%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(50.7 61.7 -57.8)
LCHlch(50.7 84.6 316.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.602 0.218 311.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ab4cdd;
background-color: #ab4cdd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ab4cdd] bg-[#ab4cdd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ab4cdd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.298, blue: 0.867)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ab4cdd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ab4cdd on white: 4.37:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ab4cdd on black: 4.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green29.8%
Blue86.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.6%
Magenta65.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)13.3%

Color previews

#ab4cdd text on a black background

contrast 4.81:1

Card sample

#ab4cdd text on a white background

contrast 4.37:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ab4cdd;
Background color
Panel with #ab4cdd background
background-color: #ab4cdd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ab4cdd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 76, 221, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 76, 221, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ab4cdd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab4cdd, #DD4CAE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ab4cdd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ab4cdd in the Color Lab