#ABA9CD#ABA9CD

#ABA9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.051 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9CD
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(243, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 8.06, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 19.74, 294.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0156 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.051 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9995, 41.4412, 63.5320)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9CD #CBCDA9

analogous

#A9B9CD #ABA9CD #BDA9CD

triadic

#ABA9CD #CDABA9 #A9CDAB

tetradic

#ABA9CD #CDA9B9 #CBCDA9 #A9CDBD

square

#ABA9CD #CDA9B9 #CBCDA9 #A9CDBD

split-complementary

#ABA9CD #CDBDA9 #B9CDA9

monochromatic

#605C9F #8582B6 #ABA9CD #D1D0E3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ABA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#ABA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9CD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9CD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.051 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2dc',
    500: '#aba9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9cd;
$custom-light: #c4c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74855,
    "c": 0.05143,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9CD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A5409F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9CD

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

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