#ABA9BE#ABA9BE

#ABA9BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.030 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9BE
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(246, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(246, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 4.86, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 11.54, 294.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0103 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.03 290)
XYZ	xyz(40.2749, 40.7514, 54.4492)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9BE #BCBEA9

analogous

#A9B1BE #ABA9BE #B5A9BE

triadic

#ABA9BE #BEABA9 #A9BEAB

tetradic

#ABA9BE #BEA9B1 #BCBEA9 #A9BEB5

square

#ABA9BE #BEA9B1 #BCBEA9 #A9BEB5

split-complementary

#ABA9BE #BEB5A9 #B1BEA9

monochromatic

#696687 #8986A4 #ABA9BE #CDCCD8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ABA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#ABA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9BE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9BE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.030 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2d1',
    500: '#aba9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9be;
$custom-light: #c4c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.02999,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.40752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9BE

secondary

#E4E4DF

accent

#984D91

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9BE

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

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