#ABA9CC#ABA9CC

#ABA9CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.050 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9CC
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(243, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(243, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 7.84, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 19.19, 294.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0152 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.05 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8792, 41.3931, 62.8983)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9CC #CACCA9

analogous

#A9B8CC #ABA9CC #BCA9CC

triadic

#ABA9CC #CCABA9 #A9CCAB

tetradic

#ABA9CC #CCA9B8 #CACCA9 #A9CCBC

square

#ABA9CC #CCA9B8 #CACCA9 #A9CCBC

split-complementary

#ABA9CC #CCBCA9 #B8CCA9

monochromatic

#615D9D #8583B5 #ABA9CC #D1CFE3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ABA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#ABA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9CC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9CC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.050 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2db',
    500: '#aba9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9cc;
$custom-light: #c4c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.05,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9CC

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A4419E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9CC

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

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