#ABA9E2#ABA9E2

#ABA9E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.081 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9E2
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 226)
HSL	hsl(242, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(242, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 12.85, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 31.17, 294.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0223 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.081 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7066, 42.5240, 77.7893)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9E2 #E0E2A9

analogous

#A9C4E2 #ABA9E2 #C7A9E2

triadic

#ABA9E2 #E2ABA9 #A9E2AB

tetradic

#ABA9E2 #E2A9C4 #E0E2A9 #A9E2C7

square

#ABA9E2 #E2A9C4 #E0E2A9 #A9E2C7

split-complementary

#ABA9E2 #E2C7A9 #C4E2A9

monochromatic

#524DC3 #7E7BD3 #ABA9E2 #D8D7F1 #E9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ABA9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#ABA9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9E2

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9E2	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.081 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2eb',
    500: '#aba9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9e2;
$custom-light: #c5c2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.105,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75682,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9E2

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#BD29B8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9E2

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

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