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#ab9abc

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
171, 154, 188
HSL
270°, 20%, 67%
CMYK
9, 18, 0, 26
Luminance
0.3540

Every format

HEX#ab9abc
RGBrgb(171, 154, 188)
HSLhsl(270, 20%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 18%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(66.1 12.8 -15.3)
LCHlch(66.1 19.9 309.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.712 0.052 307.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ab9abc;
background-color: #ab9abc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ab9abc] bg-[#ab9abc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ab9abc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.604, blue: 0.737)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ab9abc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ab9abc on white: 2.60:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ab9abc on black: 8.08:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green60.4%
Blue73.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.0%
Magenta18.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Color previews

#ab9abc text on a black background

contrast 8.08:1

Card sample

#ab9abc text on a white background

contrast 2.60:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ab9abc;
Background color
Panel with #ab9abc background
background-color: #ab9abc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ab9abc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 154, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 154, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ab9abc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab9abc, #BC9AB6);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ab9abc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ab9abc in the Color Lab