#ABA5CE#ABA5CE

#ABA5CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.059 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5CE
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(249, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 10.50, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 22.66, 297.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0217 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.059 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3878, 40.0241, 63.9255)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5CE #C8CEA5

analogous

#A5B4CE #ABA5CE #BFA5CE

triadic

#ABA5CE #CEABA5 #A5CEAB

tetradic

#ABA5CE #CEA5B4 #C8CEA5 #A5CEBF

square

#ABA5CE #CEA5B4 #C8CEA5 #A5CEBF

split-complementary

#ABA5CE #CEBFA5 #B4CEA5

monochromatic

#6258A1 #867DB8 #ABA5CE #D0CDE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ABA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#ABA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5CE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5CE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.059 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfdd',
    500: '#aba5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5ce;
$custom-light: #c4bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.78,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.05889,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5CE

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#A83D99

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5CE

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

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