#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
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 213)
HSL	hsl(236, 35%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 7.80, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 22.95, 289.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0122 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.06 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7187, 42.2540, 68.8431)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##A8ABD5	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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