#AB9EAE#AB9EAE

#AB9EAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.027 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9EAE
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(289, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(289, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 7.72, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 10.14, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0208 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.027 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6603, 36.1679, 45.0860)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9EAE #A1AE9E

analogous

#A39EAE #AB9EAE #AE9EA9

triadic

#AB9EAE #AEAB9E #9EAEAB

tetradic

#AB9EAE #AEA39E #A1AE9E #9EA9AE

square

#AB9EAE #AEA39E #A1AE9E #9EA9AE

split-complementary

#AB9EAE #A9AE9E #9EAEA3

monochromatic

#6F5F72 #8E7D92 #AB9EAE #C8BFCA #E5E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AB9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AB9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9EAE

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9EAE	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.027 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bac6',
    500: '#ab9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9eae;
$custom-light: #c4bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.02717,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9EAE

secondary

#D2D7D1

accent

#93535F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9EAE

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

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