#ABABCD#ABABCD

#ABABCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.049 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABCD
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(240, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 6.96, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 18.58, 291.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0127 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.049 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3744, 42.1910, 63.6570)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABCD #CDCDAB

analogous

#ABBCCD #ABABCD #BCABCD

triadic

#ABABCD #CDABAB #ABCDAB

tetradic

#ABABCD #CDABBC #CDCDAB #ABCDBC

square

#ABABCD #CDABBC #CDCDAB #ABCDBC

split-complementary

#ABABCD #CDBCAB #BCCDAB

monochromatic

#5F5F9F #8585B6 #ABABCD #D1D1E4 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ABABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#ABABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABCD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABCD	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.049 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4dc',
    500: '#ababcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababcd;
$custom-light: #c4c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.04853,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABCD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A442A4

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABCD

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

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