#ABABBC#ABABBC

#ABABBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.024 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABBC
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 3.35, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 9.30, 291.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0066 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.024 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4328, 41.4144, 53.4308)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABBC #BCBCAB

analogous

#ABB3BC #ABABBC #B3ABBC

triadic

#ABABBC #BCABAB #ABBCAB

tetradic

#ABABBC #BCABB3 #BCBCAB #ABBCB3

square

#ABABBC #BCABB3 #BCBCAB #ABBCB3

split-complementary

#ABABBC #BCB3AB #B3BCAB

monochromatic

#696984 #8989A1 #ABABBC #CDCDD7 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ABABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#ABABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABBC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABBC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.024 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4d0',
    500: '#ababbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababbc;
$custom-light: #c4c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74661,
    "c": 0.02421,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABBC

secondary

#E4E4DF

accent

#955095

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABBC

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

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