#ABABC3#ABABC3

#ABABC3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.034 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABC3
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 4.80, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 13.12, 291.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0092 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.034 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2057, 41.7235, 57.5018)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABC3 #C3C3AB

analogous

#ABB7C3 #ABABC3 #B7ABC3

triadic

#ABABC3 #C3ABAB #ABC3AB

tetradic

#ABABC3 #C3ABB7 #C3C3AB #ABC3B7

square

#ABABC3 #C3ABB7 #C3C3AB #ABC3B7

split-complementary

#ABABC3 #C3B7AB #B7C3AB

monochromatic

#66668E #8787AA #ABABC3 #CFCFDD #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ABABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#ABABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABC3

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABC3	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.034 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4d5',
    500: '#ababc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababc3;
$custom-light: #c4c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.03423,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABC3

secondary

#E8E8E2

accent

#9B4B9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABC3

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

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