#ABA5BD#ABA5BD

#ABA5BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.035 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5BD
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(255, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 6.85, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 13.41, 300.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0158 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.035 297)
XYZ	xyz(39.4332, 39.2422, 53.6313)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5BD #B7BDA5

analogous

#A5ABBD #ABA5BD #B7A5BD

triadic

#ABA5BD #BDABA5 #A5BDAB

tetradic

#ABA5BD #BDA5AB #B7BDA5 #A5BDB7

square

#ABA5BD #BDA5AB #B7BDA5 #A5BDB7

split-complementary

#ABA5BD #BDB7A5 #ABBDA5

monochromatic

#6B6286 #8A82A3 #ABA5BD #CCC8D7 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ABA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5BD

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5BD	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.035 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd0',
    500: '#aba5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5bd;
$custom-light: #c4bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.03483,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5BD

secondary

#E1E2DB

accent

#9A4C86

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5BD

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

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