#ABA9DA#ABA9DA

#ABA9DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.070 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9DA
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(242, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(242, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 10.99, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 26.82, 294.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0198 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.07 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6344, 42.0951, 72.1424)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9DA #D8DAA9

analogous

#A9BFDA #ABA9DA #C3A9DA

triadic

#ABA9DA #DAABA9 #A9DAAB

tetradic

#ABA9DA #DAA9BF #D8DAA9 #A9DAC3

square

#ABA9DA #DAA9BF #D8DAA9 #A9DAC3

split-complementary

#ABA9DA #DAC3A9 #BFDAA9

monochromatic

#5753B5 #817EC8 #ABA9DA #D5D4EC #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ABA9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#ABA9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9DA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9DA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.070 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2e5',
    500: '#aba9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9da;
$custom-light: #c4c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.449,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.06996,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9DA

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B333AE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9DA

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

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