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#ab9ade

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

RGB
171, 154, 222
HSL
255°, 51%, 74%
CMYK
23, 31, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3704

Every format

HEX#ab9ade
RGBrgb(171, 154, 222)
HSLhsl(255, 51%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 31%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(67.3 20.3 -32.3)
LCHlch(67.3 38.1 302.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.726 0.099 295.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ab9ade;
background-color: #ab9ade;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ab9ade] bg-[#ab9ade]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ab9ade;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.604, blue: 0.871)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ab9ade")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ab9ade on white: 2.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ab9ade on black: 8.41:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green60.4%
Blue87.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan23.0%
Magenta30.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.9%

Color previews

#ab9ade text on a black background

contrast 8.41:1

Card sample

#ab9ade text on a white background

contrast 2.50:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ab9ade;
Background color
Panel with #ab9ade background
background-color: #ab9ade;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ab9ade;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 154, 222, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 154, 222, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ab9ade;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab9ade, #D89ADE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ab9ade

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ab9ade in the Color Lab