#AB9CAA#AB9CAA

#AB9CAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.026 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9CAA
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(304, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 0.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 8.06, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 9.64, 326.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0223 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.026 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9377, 35.3375, 42.9500)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9CAA #9CAB9D

analogous

#A59CAB #AB9CAA #AB9CA3

triadic

#AB9CAA #AAAB9C #9CAAAB

tetradic

#AB9CAA #ABA59C #9CAB9D #9CA3AB

square

#AB9CAA #ABA59C #9CAB9D #9CA3AB

split-complementary

#AB9CAA #A3AB9C #9CABA5

monochromatic

#6F5E6E #8F7B8E #AB9CAA #C7BDC6 #E3DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AB9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AB9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9CAA

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9CAA	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.026 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9c3',
    500: '#ab9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9caa;
$custom-light: #c4b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71004,
    "c": 0.02635,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9CAA

secondary

#CFD4CF

accent

#925853

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9CAA

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

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