#ABA9DC#ABA9DC

#ABA9DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.073 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9DC
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(242, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(242, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 11.45, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 27.91, 294.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0205 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.073 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8977, 42.2005, 73.5290)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9DC #DADCA9

analogous

#A9C1DC #ABA9DC #C5A9DC

triadic

#ABA9DC #DCABA9 #A9DCAB

tetradic

#ABA9DC #DCA9C1 #DADCA9 #A9DCC5

square

#ABA9DC #DCA9C1 #DADCA9 #A9DCC5

split-complementary

#ABA9DC #DCC5A9 #C1DCA9

monochromatic

#5652B9 #817ECA #ABA9DC #D5D4EE #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ABA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#ABA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9DC

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9DC	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.073 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2e7',
    500: '#aba9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9dc;
$custom-light: #c4c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.353,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75437,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9DC

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B530B0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9DC

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

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