#A8ABE5#A8ABE5

#A8ABE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.083 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ABE5
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(237, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 11.56, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 31.63, 291.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0172 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.083 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8506, 43.1067, 80.0710)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ABE5 #E5E2A8

analogous

#A8C9E5 #A8ABE5 #C3A8E5

triadic

#A8ABE5 #E5A8AB #ABE5A8

tetradic

#A8ABE5 #E5A8C9 #E5E2A8 #A8E5C3

square

#A8ABE5 #E5A8C9 #E5E2A8 #A8E5C3

split-complementary

#A8ABE5 #E5C3A8 #C9E5A8

monochromatic

#4A50C9 #797ED7 #A8ABE5 #D7D8F3 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#A8ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ABE5

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ABE5	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.083 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ed',
    500: '#a8abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8abe5;
$custom-light: #c3c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.049,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7597,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ABE5

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#BA24C1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ABE5

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

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