#ABAEB8#ABAEB8

#ABAEB8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.015 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAEB8
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(226, 8%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 7%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 0.90, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 5.54, 279.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0007 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.015 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5807, 42.3905, 51.3824)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAEB8 #B8B5AB

analogous

#ABB5B8 #ABAEB8 #AFABB8

triadic

#ABAEB8 #B8ABAE #AEB8AB

tetradic

#ABAEB8 #B8ABB5 #B8B5AB #ABB8AF

square

#ABAEB8 #B8ABB5 #B8B5AB #ABB8AF

split-complementary

#ABAEB8 #B8AFAB #B5B8AB

monochromatic

#6B6F7E #8A8E9C #ABAEB8 #CCCED4 #EDEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ABAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#ABAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAEB8

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAEB8	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abaeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.015 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6cd',
    500: '#abaeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abaeb8;
$custom-light: #c4c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abaeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 8.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75151,
    "c": 0.01466,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAEB8

secondary

#E1E0DE

accent

#845392

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAEB8

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

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