#A5ABE4#A5ABE4

#A5ABE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.082 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABE4
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(234, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 10.44, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 31.12, 289.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0137 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.082 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0799, 42.7254, 79.3081)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABE4 #E4DEA5

analogous

#A5CBE4 #A5ABE4 #BFA5E4

triadic

#A5ABE4 #E4A5AB #ABE4A5

tetradic

#A5ABE4 #E4A5CB #E4DEA5 #A5E4BF

square

#A5ABE4 #E4A5CB #E4DEA5 #A5E4BF

split-complementary

#A5ABE4 #E4BFA5 #CBE4A5

monochromatic

#4753C8 #767FD6 #A5ABE4 #D4D7F2 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A5ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#A5ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABE4

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABE4	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.082 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3ec',
    500: '#a5abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5abe4;
$custom-light: #c1c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75701,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABE4

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B224C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABE4

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

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