#A8ABE7#A8ABE7

#A8ABE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.086 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ABE7
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 12.04, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 32.71, 291.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0177 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.086 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1314, 43.2191, 81.5501)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ABE7 #E7E4A8

analogous

#A8CAE7 #A8ABE7 #C4A8E7

triadic

#A8ABE7 #E7A8AB #ABE7A8

tetradic

#A8ABE7 #E7A8CA #E7E4A8 #A8E7C4

square

#A8ABE7 #E7A8CA #E7E4A8 #A8E7C4

split-complementary

#A8ABE7 #E7C4A8 #CAE7A8

monochromatic

#484ECD #787DDA #A8ABE7 #D8D9F4 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8ABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#A8ABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ABE7

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ABE7	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8abe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.086 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ee',
    500: '#a8abe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8abe7;
$custom-light: #c3c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8abe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.143,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76054,
    "c": 0.08585,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ABE7

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BD21C4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ABE7

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

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