#ABA8BE#ABA8BE

#ABA8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.032 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8BE
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(248, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(248, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 5.41, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 12.13, 296.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0117 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.032 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0896, 40.3807, 54.3874)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8BE #BBBEA8

analogous

#A8B0BE #ABA8BE #B6A8BE

triadic

#ABA8BE #BEABA8 #A8BEAB

tetradic

#ABA8BE #BEA8B0 #BBBEA8 #A8BEB6

square

#ABA8BE #BEA8B0 #BBBEA8 #A8BEB6

split-complementary

#ABA8BE #BEB6A8 #B0BEA8

monochromatic

#696587 #8985A4 #ABA8BE #CDCBD8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ABA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#ABA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8BE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8BE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.032 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1d1',
    500: '#aba8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8be;
$custom-light: #c4c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.182,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.03152,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8BE

secondary

#E3E4DE

accent

#994D8E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8BE

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

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