#ABAEC9#ABAEC9

#ABAEC9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.039 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAEC9
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(234, 22%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(234, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, 4.44, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 14.73, 287.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.007 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.039 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4709, 43.1466, 61.3376)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAEC9 #C9C6AB

analogous

#ABBDC9 #ABAEC9 #B7ABC9

triadic

#ABAEC9 #C9ABAE #AEC9AB

tetradic

#ABAEC9 #C9ABBD #C9C6AB #ABC9B7

square

#ABAEC9 #C9ABBD #C9C6AB #ABC9B7

split-complementary

#ABAEC9 #C9B7AB #BDC9AB

monochromatic

#626798 #868AB1 #ABAEC9 #D0D2E1 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ABAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#ABAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAEC9

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAEC9	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.039 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6d9',
    500: '#abaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abaec9;
$custom-light: #c4c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.0387,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAEC9

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9745A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAEC9

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

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