#ABA8BC#ABA8BC

#ABA8BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.029 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8BC
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(249, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 4.99, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 11.04, 296.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.011 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.029 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8725, 40.2939, 53.2441)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8BC #B9BCA8

analogous

#A8AFBC #ABA8BC #B5A8BC

triadic

#ABA8BC #BCABA8 #A8BCAB

tetradic

#ABA8BC #BCA8AF #B9BCA8 #A8BCB5

square

#ABA8BC #BCA8AF #B9BCA8 #A8BCB5

split-complementary

#ABA8BC #BCB5A8 #AFBCA8

monochromatic

#6A6684 #8A85A1 #ABA8BC #CCCBD7 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ABA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#ABA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8BC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8BC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.029 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1d0',
    500: '#aba8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8bc;
$custom-light: #c4c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74046,
    "c": 0.02866,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8BC

secondary

#E2E3DD

accent

#974E8C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8BC

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

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