#ABA9C8#ABA9C8

#ABA9C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.044 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9C8
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(244, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(244, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 6.97, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 17.01, 294.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0139 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.044 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4056, 41.2036, 60.4041)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9C8 #C6C8A9

analogous

#A9B7C8 #ABA9C8 #BBA9C8

triadic

#ABA9C8 #C8ABA9 #A9C8AB

tetradic

#ABA9C8 #C8A9B7 #C6C8A9 #A9C8BB

square

#ABA9C8 #C8A9B7 #C6C8A9 #A9C8BB

split-complementary

#ABA9C8 #C8BBA9 #B7C8A9

monochromatic

#646096 #8784B0 #ABA9C8 #CFCEE0 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ABA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ABA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9C8

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9C8	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.044 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2d8',
    500: '#aba9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9c8;
$custom-light: #c4c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.871,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.04428,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9C8

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#A0459B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9C8

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

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