#A5ABE9#A5ABE9

#A5ABE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.089 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABE9
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 11.66, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 33.82, 290.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0151 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.089 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7840, 43.0071, 83.0166)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABE9 #E9E3A5

analogous

#A5CDE9 #A5ABE9 #C1A5E9

triadic

#A5ABE9 #E9A5AB #ABE9A5

tetradic

#A5ABE9 #E9A5CD #E9E3A5 #A5E9C1

square

#A5ABE9 #E9A5CD #E9E3A5 #A5E9C1

split-complementary

#A5ABE9 #E9C1A5 #CDE9A5

monochromatic

#434FD1 #747DDD #A5ABE9 #D6D9F5 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A5ABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#A5ABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABE9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABE9	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5abe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.089 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3f0',
    500: '#a5abe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5abe9;
$custom-light: #c1c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5abe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.706,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75913,
    "c": 0.08913,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABE9

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B91DC8

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABE9

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

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