#ABA9CE#ABA9CE

#ABA9CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.053 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9CE
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(243, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 8.28, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 20.28, 294.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0159 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.053 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1206, 41.4896, 64.1698)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9CE #CCCEA9

analogous

#A9B9CE #ABA9CE #BDA9CE

triadic

#ABA9CE #CEABA9 #A9CEAB

tetradic

#ABA9CE #CEA9B9 #CCCEA9 #A9CEBD

square

#ABA9CE #CEA9B9 #CCCEA9 #A9CEBD

split-complementary

#ABA9CE #CEBDA9 #B9CEA9

monochromatic

#5F5CA1 #8582B8 #ABA9CE #D1D0E4 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ABA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#ABA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9CE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9CE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.053 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2dd',
    500: '#aba9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9ce;
$custom-light: #c4c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.243,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74892,
    "c": 0.05285,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9CE

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A63FA0

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9CE

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

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