#ABABBD#ABABBD

#ABABBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.026 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABBD
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(240, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 3.55, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 9.84, 291.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.007 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.026 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5409, 41.4576, 54.0005)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABBD #BDBDAB

analogous

#ABB4BD #ABABBD #B4ABBD

triadic

#ABABBD #BDABAB #ABBDAB

tetradic

#ABABBD #BDABB4 #BDBDAB #ABBDB4

square

#ABABBD #BDABB4 #BDBDAB #ABBDB4

split-complementary

#ABABBD #BDB4AB #B4BDAB

monochromatic

#696985 #8989A2 #ABABBD #CDCDD8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ABABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#ABABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABBD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABBD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.026 285.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.02565,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABBD

secondary

#E4E4DF

accent

#964F96

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABBD

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

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