#ABB8BD#ABB8BD

#ABB8BD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.016 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABB8BD
RGB	rgb(171, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -3.49, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 5.36, 229.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0119 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.016 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1184, 46.6124, 54.8597)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABB8BD #BDB0AB

analogous

#ABBDB9 #ABB8BD #ABAFBD

triadic

#ABB8BD #BDABB8 #B8BDAB

tetradic

#ABB8BD #B9ABBD #BDB0AB #AFBDAB

square

#ABB8BD #B9ABBD #BDB0AB #AFBDAB

split-complementary

#ABB8BD #BDABAF #BDB9AB

monochromatic

#697D85 #899BA2 #ABB8BD #CDD5D8 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#ABB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#ABB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABB8BD

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABB8BD	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.016 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cdd0',
    500: '#abb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abb8bd;
$custom-light: #c4cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77401,
    "c": 0.01614,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABB8BD

secondary

#E4E1DF

accent

#634F96

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABB8BD

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

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