#ABA9BD#ABA9BD

#ABA9BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.029 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9BD
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(246, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(246, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 4.65, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 10.99, 295.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0099 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.029 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1660, 40.7078, 53.8756)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9BD #BBBDA9

analogous

#A9B1BD #ABA9BD #B5A9BD

triadic

#ABA9BD #BDABA9 #A9BDAB

tetradic

#ABA9BD #BDA9B1 #BBBDA9 #A9BDB5

square

#ABA9BD #BDA9B1 #BBBDA9 #A9BDB5

split-complementary

#ABA9BD #BDB5A9 #B1BDA9

monochromatic

#696685 #8986A2 #ABA9BD #CDCCD8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ABA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#ABA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9BD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9BD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.029 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2d0',
    500: '#aba9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9bd;
$custom-light: #c4c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.02857,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9BD

secondary

#E3E4DE

accent

#974E90

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9BD

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

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