#ABA5CB#ABA5CB

#ABA5CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.055 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5CB
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(249, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(249, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 9.84, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 21.02, 297.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0207 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.055 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0269, 39.8797, 62.0244)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5CB #C5CBA5

analogous

#A5B2CB #ABA5CB #BEA5CB

triadic

#ABA5CB #CBABA5 #A5CBAB

tetradic

#ABA5CB #CBA5B2 #C5CBA5 #A5CBBE

square

#ABA5CB #CBA5B2 #C5CBA5 #A5CBBE

split-complementary

#ABA5CB #CBBEA5 #B2CBA5

monochromatic

#645A9C #877EB5 #ABA5CB #CFCCE1 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ABA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#ABA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5CB

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5CB	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.055 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfdb',
    500: '#aba5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5cb;
$custom-light: #c4bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73976,
    "c": 0.05463,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5CB

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A54095

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5CB

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

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