#ABA9B7#ABA9B7

#ABA9B7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.020 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9B7
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 183)
HSL	hsl(249, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 3.43, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 7.72, 296.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0077 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.02 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5282, 40.4526, 50.5163)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9B7 #B5B7A9

analogous

#A9AEB7 #ABA9B7 #B2A9B7

triadic

#ABA9B7 #B7ABA9 #A9B7AB

tetradic

#ABA9B7 #B7A9AE #B5B7A9 #A9B7B2

square

#ABA9B7 #B7A9AE #B5B7A9 #A9B7B2

split-complementary

#ABA9B7 #B7B2A9 #AEB7A9

monochromatic

#6C697D #8A889B #ABA9B7 #CCCAD3 #ECECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ABA9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#ABA9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9B7

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9B7	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.020 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2cc',
    500: '#aba9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9b7;
$custom-light: #c4c2cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 8.861,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74084,
    "c": 0.02003,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9B7

secondary

#DFE0DC

accent

#93538A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9B7

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

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