#ABA5C8#ABA5C8

#ABA5C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.050 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5C8
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(250, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(250, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 9.19, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 19.39, 298.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0197 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.05 293)
XYZ	xyz(40.6728, 39.7381, 60.1598)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5C8 #C2C8A5

analogous

#A5B1C8 #ABA5C8 #BDA5C8

triadic

#ABA5C8 #C8ABA5 #A5C8AB

tetradic

#ABA5C8 #C8A5B1 #C2C8A5 #A5C8BD

square

#ABA5C8 #C8A5B1 #C2C8A5 #A5C8BD

split-complementary

#ABA5C8 #C8BDA5 #B1C8A5

monochromatic

#665C97 #887FB1 #ABA5C8 #CECBDF #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ABA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#ABA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5C8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5C8	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.050 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd8',
    500: '#aba5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5c8;
$custom-light: #c4bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73864,
    "c": 0.05037,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.39738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5C8

secondary

#E7E9E0

accent

#A34392

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5C8

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

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