#A5ABE0#A5ABE0

#A5ABE0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.076 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABE0
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 224)
HSL	hsl(234, 49%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 26%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 9.47, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 28.95, 289.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0124 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.076 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5310, 42.5059, 76.4175)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABE0 #E0DAA5

analogous

#A5C9E0 #A5ABE0 #BDA5E0

triadic

#A5ABE0 #E0A5AB #ABE0A5

tetradic

#A5ABE0 #E0A5C9 #E0DAA5 #A5E0BD

square

#A5ABE0 #E0A5C9 #E0DAA5 #A5E0BD

split-complementary

#A5ABE0 #E0BDA5 #C9E0A5

monochromatic

#4A56C1 #7781D0 #A5ABE0 #D3D5F0 #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A5ABE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A5ABE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABE0

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABE0	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5abe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.076 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3e9',
    500: '#a5abe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5abe0;
$custom-light: #c0c3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5abe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.898,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.07638,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABE0

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#AD29BC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABE0

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

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