#ABAEC8#ABAEC8

#ABAEC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.037 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAEC8
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(234, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(234, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 4.22, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 14.19, 287.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0066 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.037 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3536, 43.0997, 60.7201)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAEC8 #C8C5AB

analogous

#ABBCC8 #ABAEC8 #B6ABC8

triadic

#ABAEC8 #C8ABAE #AEC8AB

tetradic

#ABAEC8 #C8ABBC #C8C5AB #ABC8B6

square

#ABAEC8 #C8ABBC #C8C5AB #ABC8B6

split-complementary

#ABAEC8 #C8B6AB #BCC8AB

monochromatic

#626896 #868AB0 #ABAEC8 #D0D2E0 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ABAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#ABAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAEC8

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAEC8	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.037 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6d8',
    500: '#abaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abaec8;
$custom-light: #c4c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.793,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75689,
    "c": 0.03727,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAEC8

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#96469F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAEC8

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

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