#ABABBB#ABABBB

#ABABBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.023 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABBB
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 3.14, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 8.75, 291.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0062 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.023 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3254, 41.3714, 52.8651)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABBB #BBBBAB

analogous

#ABB3BB #ABABBB #B3ABBB

triadic

#ABABBB #BBABAB #ABBBAB

tetradic

#ABABBB #BBABB3 #BBBBAB #ABBBB3

square

#ABABBB #BBABB3 #BBBBAB #ABBBB3

split-complementary

#ABABBB #BBB3AB #B3BBAB

monochromatic

#696982 #8989A0 #ABABBB #CDCDD6 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ABABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#ABABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABBB

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABBB	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.023 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4cf',
    500: '#ababbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababbb;
$custom-light: #c4c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.02279,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABBB

secondary

#E3E3DF

accent

#955195

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABBB

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

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