#ABABC6#ABABC6

#ABABC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.039 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABC6
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(240, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 5.44, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 14.76, 291.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0103 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.039 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5483, 41.8606, 59.3061)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABC6 #C6C6AB

analogous

#ABB9C6 #ABABC6 #B9ABC6

triadic

#ABABC6 #C6ABAB #ABC6AB

tetradic

#ABABC6 #C6ABB9 #C6C6AB #ABC6B9

square

#ABABC6 #C6ABB9 #C6C6AB #ABC6B9

split-complementary

#ABABC6 #C6B9AB #B9C6AB

monochromatic

#646493 #8787AD #ABABC6 #CFCFDF #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#ABABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#ABABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABC6

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABC6	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.039 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4d7',
    500: '#ababc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababc6;
$custom-light: #c4c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.03852,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABC6

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9D489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABC6

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

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