#ABA2B9#ABA2B9

#ABA2B9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.034 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA2B9
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 185)
HSL	hsl(263, 14%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 7.69, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 13.14, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0188 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.034 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4703, 38.0014, 51.1978)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA2B9 #B0B9A2

analogous

#A2A4B9 #ABA2B9 #B6A2B9

triadic

#ABA2B9 #B9ABA2 #A2B9AB

tetradic

#ABA2B9 #B9A2A4 #B0B9A2 #A2B9B6

square

#ABA2B9 #B9A2A4 #B0B9A2 #A2B9B6

split-complementary

#ABA2B9 #B9B6A2 #A4B9A2

monochromatic

#6D6080 #8B7F9F #ABA2B9 #CBC5D3 #EAE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ABA2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ABA2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA2B9

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA2B9	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.034 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bdce',
    500: '#aba2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba2b9;
$custom-light: #c4bdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 14.11,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72722,
    "c": 0.03427,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA2B9

secondary

#DCDFD8

accent

#984D7B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA2B9

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

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