#ABA5BF#ABA5BF

#ABA5BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.038 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5BF
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(254, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 7.27, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 14.49, 300.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0165 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.038 296)
XYZ	xyz(39.6518, 39.3296, 54.7825)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5BF #B9BFA5

analogous

#A5ACBF #ABA5BF #B8A5BF

triadic

#ABA5BF #BFABA5 #A5BFAB

tetradic

#ABA5BF #BFA5AC #B9BFA5 #A5BFB8

square

#ABA5BF #BFA5AC #B9BFA5 #A5BFB8

split-complementary

#ABA5BF #BFB8A5 #ACBFA5

monochromatic

#6A6189 #8A81A6 #ABA5BF #CCC9D8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ABA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5BF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5BF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.038 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd2',
    500: '#aba5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5bf;
$custom-light: #c4bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73539,
    "c": 0.03765,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.3933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5BF

secondary

#E2E4DC

accent

#9B4A88

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5BF

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

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