#A8ABD5#A8ABD5

#A8ABD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.060 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8ABD5
RGBrgb(168, 171, 213)
HSLhsl(236, 35%, 75%)
HSVhsv(236, 21%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(21.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.05, 7.80, -21.58)
CIE-LCHlch(71.05, 22.95, 289.88°)
OKLaboklab(75.33% 0.0122 -0.059)
OKLCHoklch(75.33% 0.06 281.6)
XYZxyz(42.7187, 42.2540, 68.8431)
Luminance0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8ABD5 #D5D2A8
analogous
#A8C2D5 #A8ABD5 #BCA8D5
triadic
#A8ABD5 #D5A8AB #ABD5A8
tetradic
#A8ABD5 #D5A8C2 #D5D2A8 #A8D5BC
square
#A8ABD5 #D5A8C2 #D5D2A8 #A8D5BC
split-complementary
#A8ABD5 #D5BCA8 #C2D5A8
monochromatic
#555BAD #7F83C1 #A8ABD5 #D1D3E9 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#A8ABD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45
#A8ABD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ABD5
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8ABD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A8ABD51.002.229.459.45
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4521.001.001.00
##0000009.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0AFD7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EACD4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9EB2B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8abd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.060 281.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4e2',
    500: '#a8abd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8abd5;
$custom-light: #c2c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8abd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.06026,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8ABD5
secondary
#ECEBDF
accent
#A638AE
background
#FCFCFD
surface
#F8F8FB
border
#D1D1D4
text
#121215
muted
#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ABD5

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#A8ABD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva