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#ab9bbc

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

RGB
171, 155, 188
HSL
269°, 20%, 67%
CMYK
9, 18, 0, 26
Luminance
0.3573

Every format

HEX#ab9bbc
RGBrgb(171, 155, 188)
HSLhsl(269, 20%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 18%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(66.3 12.2 -14.9)
LCHlch(66.3 19.3 309.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.714 0.050 307.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ab9bbc;
background-color: #ab9bbc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ab9bbc] bg-[#ab9bbc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ab9bbc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.608, blue: 0.737)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ab9bbc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ab9bbc on white: 2.58:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ab9bbc on black: 8.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green60.8%
Blue73.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.0%
Magenta17.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Color previews

#ab9bbc text on a black background

contrast 8.15:1

Card sample

#ab9bbc text on a white background

contrast 2.58:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ab9bbc;
Background color
Panel with #ab9bbc background
background-color: #ab9bbc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ab9bbc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 155, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 155, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ab9bbc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab9bbc, #BC9BB7);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ab9bbc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ab9bbc in the Color Lab