#ABACBA#ABACBA

#ABACBA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.020 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABACBA
RGB	rgb(171, 172, 186)
HSL	hsl(236, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 7.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 2.39, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 7.65, 288.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0044 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.02 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4083, 41.7079, 52.3664)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABACBA #BAB9AB

analogous

#ABB4BA #ABACBA #B1ABBA

triadic

#ABACBA #BAABAC #ACBAAB

tetradic

#ABACBA #BAABB4 #BAB9AB #ABBAB1

square

#ABACBA #BAABB4 #BAB9AB #ABBAB1

split-complementary

#ABACBA #BAB1AB #B4BAAB

monochromatic

#6A6B81 #898B9E #ABACBA #CDCDD6 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ABACBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#ABACBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABACBA

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABACBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABACBA	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abacba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 172, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.020 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4ce',
    500: '#abacba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abacba;
$custom-light: #c4c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abacba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74801,
    "c": 0.01997,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABACBA

secondary

#E3E2DE

accent

#8F5294

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABACBA

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

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