#ABA2B8#ABA2B8

#ABA2B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.033 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA2B8
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(265, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 7.49, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 12.61, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0185 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.033 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3651, 37.9593, 50.6438)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA2B8 #AFB8A2

analogous

#A2A4B8 #ABA2B8 #B6A2B8

triadic

#ABA2B8 #B8ABA2 #A2B8AB

tetradic

#ABA2B8 #B8A2A4 #AFB8A2 #A2B8B6

square

#ABA2B8 #B8A2A4 #AFB8A2 #A2B8B6

split-complementary

#ABA2B8 #B8B6A2 #A4B8A2

monochromatic

#6D617F #8C7F9E #ABA2B8 #CAC5D2 #EAE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ABA2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ABA2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA2B8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA2B8	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.033 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bdcd',
    500: '#aba2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba2b8;
$custom-light: #c4bdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA2B8

secondary

#DCDED8

accent

#984E79

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA2B8

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

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