#ABA1BD#ABA1BD

#ABA1BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.041 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA1BD
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 189)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 9.07, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 15.92, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0217 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.041 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7230, 37.8218, 53.3946)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA1BD #B3BDA1

analogous

#A1A5BD #ABA1BD #B9A1BD

triadic

#ABA1BD #BDABA1 #A1BDAB

tetradic

#ABA1BD #BDA1A5 #B3BDA1 #A1BDB9

square

#ABA1BD #BDA1A5 #B3BDA1 #A1BDB9

split-complementary

#ABA1BD #BDB9A1 #A5BDA1

monochromatic

#6C5E86 #8B7DA4 #ABA1BD #CBC5D6 #EBE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ABA1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ABA1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA1BD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA1BD	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.041 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcd0',
    500: '#aba1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba1bd;
$custom-light: #c4bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72661,
    "c": 0.04145,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA1BD

secondary

#DEE1D9

accent

#9C4A7E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA1BD

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

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