#ABAEB9#ABAEB9

#ABAEB9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.016 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAEB9
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(227, 9%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 1.10, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 6.08, 280.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0011 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.016 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6858, 42.4325, 51.9364)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAEB9 #B9B6AB

analogous

#ABB5B9 #ABAEB9 #AFABB9

triadic

#ABAEB9 #B9ABAE #AEB9AB

tetradic

#ABAEB9 #B9ABB5 #B9B6AB #ABB9AF

square

#ABAEB9 #B9ABB5 #B9B6AB #ABB9AF

split-complementary

#ABAEB9 #B9AFAB #B5B9AB

monochromatic

#6A6F7F #8A8E9D #ABAEB9 #CCCED5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ABAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#ABAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAEB9

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAEB9	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abaeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.016 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6ce',
    500: '#abaeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abaeb9;
$custom-light: #c4c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abaeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.01605,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAEB9

secondary

#E2E1DE

accent

#855293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAEB9

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

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