#ABABC4#ABABC4

#ABABC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.036 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABC4
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 5.01, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 13.67, 291.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0095 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.036 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3192, 41.7689, 58.0992)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABC4 #C4C4AB

analogous

#ABB8C4 #ABABC4 #B8ABC4

triadic

#ABABC4 #C4ABAB #ABC4AB

tetradic

#ABABC4 #C4ABB8 #C4C4AB #ABC4B8

square

#ABABC4 #C4ABB8 #C4C4AB #ABC4B8

split-complementary

#ABABC4 #C4B8AB #B8C4AB

monochromatic

#656590 #8787AB #ABABC4 #CFCFDD #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ABABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#ABABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABC4

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABC4	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.036 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4d5',
    500: '#ababc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababc4;
$custom-light: #c4c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17.483,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74935,
    "c": 0.03566,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABC4

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9C4A9C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABC4

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

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