#ABA5BE#ABA5BE

#ABA5BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.036 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5BE
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(254, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 7.06, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 13.95, 300.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0162 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.036 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5422, 39.2858, 54.2049)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5BE #B8BEA5

analogous

#A5ACBE #ABA5BE #B8A5BE

triadic

#ABA5BE #BEABA5 #A5BEAB

tetradic

#ABA5BE #BEA5AC #B8BEA5 #A5BEB8

square

#ABA5BE #BEA5AC #B8BEA5 #A5BEB8

split-complementary

#ABA5BE #BEB8A5 #ACBEA5

monochromatic

#6B6287 #8A81A4 #ABA5BE #CCC9D8 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ABA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5BE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5BE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.036 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd1',
    500: '#aba5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5be;
$custom-light: #c4bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.03623,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5BE

secondary

#E1E3DC

accent

#9A4B87

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5BE

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

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