#ABA8BA#ABA8BA

#ABA8BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.026 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8BA
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(250, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 4.58, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 9.95, 297.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0103 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.026 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6584, 40.2082, 52.1165)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8BA #B7BAA8

analogous

#A8AEBA #ABA8BA #B4A8BA

triadic

#ABA8BA #BAABA8 #A8BAAB

tetradic

#ABA8BA #BAA8AE #B7BAA8 #A8BAB4

square

#ABA8BA #BAA8AE #B7BAA8 #A8BAB4

split-complementary

#ABA8BA #BAB4A8 #AEBAA8

monochromatic

#6B6681 #8A869F #ABA8BA #CCCAD5 #EDECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ABA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#ABA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8BA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8BA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.026 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1ce',
    500: '#aba8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8ba;
$custom-light: #c4c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73978,
    "c": 0.02583,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8BA

secondary

#E1E1DC

accent

#96508A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8BA

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

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