#ABABC5#ABABC5

#ABABC5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.037 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABC5
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 5.23, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 14.21, 291.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0099 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.037 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4334, 41.8146, 58.7006)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABC5 #C5C5AB

analogous

#ABB8C5 #ABABC5 #B8ABC5

triadic

#ABABC5 #C5ABAB #ABC5AB

tetradic

#ABABC5 #C5ABB8 #C5C5AB #ABC5B8

square

#ABABC5 #C5ABB8 #C5C5AB #ABC5B8

split-complementary

#ABABC5 #C5B8AB #B8C5AB

monochromatic

#646491 #8787AC #ABABC5 #CFCFDE #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#ABABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#ABABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABC5

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABC5	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.037 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4d6',
    500: '#ababc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababc5;
$custom-light: #c4c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7497,
    "c": 0.03709,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABC5

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9D499D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABC5

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

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