#ABA4B4#ABA4B4

#ABA4B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.024 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA4B4
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 180)
HSL	hsl(266, 10%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 5.58, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 9.21, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.014 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.024 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3068, 38.5042, 48.5851)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA4B4 #ADB4A4

analogous

#A4A5B4 #ABA4B4 #B3A4B4

triadic

#ABA4B4 #B4ABA4 #A4B4AB

tetradic

#ABA4B4 #B4A4A5 #ADB4A4 #A4B4B3

square

#ABA4B4 #B4A4A5 #ADB4A4 #A4B4B3

split-complementary

#ABA4B4 #B4B3A4 #A5B4A4

monochromatic

#6D6479 #8C8298 #ABA4B4 #CAC6D0 #E9E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ABA4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#ABA4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA4B4

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA4B4	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.024 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfca',
    500: '#aba4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba4b4;
$custom-light: #c4bfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 9.639,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.02407,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA4B4

secondary

#DADCD7

accent

#945277

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA4B4

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

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