#ABA4BE#ABA4BE

#ABA4BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.038 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA4BE
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 7.62, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 14.57, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0176 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.038 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3625, 38.9265, 54.1450)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA4BE #B7BEA4

analogous

#A4AABE #ABA4BE #B8A4BE

triadic

#ABA4BE #BEABA4 #A4BEAB

tetradic

#ABA4BE #BEA4AA #B7BEA4 #A4BEB8

square

#ABA4BE #BEA4AA #B7BEA4 #A4BEB8

split-complementary

#ABA4BE #BEB8A4 #AABEA4

monochromatic

#6B6187 #8A80A5 #ABA4BE #CCC8D8 #EDEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ABA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#ABA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA4BE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA4BE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.038 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd1',
    500: '#aba4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba4be;
$custom-light: #c4bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73301,
    "c": 0.03786,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA4BE

secondary

#E1E3DB

accent

#9B4B85

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA4BE

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

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