#A8ABE4#A8ABE4

#A8ABE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.082 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ABE4
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(237, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 11.32, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 31.09, 291.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0169 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.082 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7113, 43.0511, 79.3377)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ABE4 #E4E1A8

analogous

#A8C9E4 #A8ABE4 #C3A8E4

triadic

#A8ABE4 #E4A8AB #ABE4A8

tetradic

#A8ABE4 #E4A8C9 #E4E1A8 #A8E4C3

square

#A8ABE4 #E4A8C9 #E4E1A8 #A8E4C3

split-complementary

#A8ABE4 #E4C3A8 #C9E4A8

monochromatic

#4B51C7 #797ED6 #A8ABE4 #D7D8F2 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#A8ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ABE4

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ABE4	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.082 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ec',
    500: '#a8abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8abe4;
$custom-light: #c3c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75929,
    "c": 0.08161,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ABE4

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B825C0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ABE4

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

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