#ABABDB#ABABDB

#ABABDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.069 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABDB
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(240, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 10.11, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 26.20, 292.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0173 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.069 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1406, 42.8975, 72.9586)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABDB #DBDBAB

analogous

#ABC3DB #ABABDB #C3ABDB

triadic

#ABABDB #DBABAB #ABDBAB

tetradic

#ABABDB #DBABC3 #DBDBAB #ABDBC3

square

#ABABDB #DBABC3 #DBDBAB #ABDBC3

split-complementary

#ABABDB #DBC3AB #C3DBAB

monochromatic

#5555B6 #8080C9 #ABABDB #D6D6ED #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ABABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#ABABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABDB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABDB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.069 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4e6',
    500: '#ababdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababdb;
$custom-light: #c4c4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75795,
    "c": 0.06851,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABDB

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B332B3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FC

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABDB

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

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