#A5ABE5#A5ABE5

#A5ABE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.083 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABE5
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(234, 55%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 10.68, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 31.66, 289.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.014 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.083 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2191, 42.7811, 80.0414)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABE5 #E5DFA5

analogous

#A5CBE5 #A5ABE5 #BFA5E5

triadic

#A5ABE5 #E5A5AB #ABE5A5

tetradic

#A5ABE5 #E5A5CB #E5DFA5 #A5E5BF

square

#A5ABE5 #E5A5CB #E5DFA5 #A5E5BF

split-complementary

#A5ABE5 #E5BFA5 #CBE5A5

monochromatic

#4652CA #767FD7 #A5ABE5 #D4D7F3 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A5ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#A5ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABE5

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABE5	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.083 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3ed',
    500: '#a5abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5abe5;
$custom-light: #c1c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.375,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75743,
    "c": 0.08347,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABE5

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B423C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABE5

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

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