#A8ABEA#A8ABEA

#A8ABEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.090 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ABEA
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 234)
HSL	hsl(237, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(237, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 12.77, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 34.34, 291.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0186 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.09 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5587, 43.3900, 83.8007)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ABEA #EAE7A8

analogous

#A8CCEA #A8ABEA #C6A8EA

triadic

#A8ABEA #EAA8AB #ABEAA8

tetradic

#A8ABEA #EAA8CC #EAE7A8 #A8EAC6

square

#A8ABEA #EAA8CC #EAE7A8 #A8EAC6

split-complementary

#A8ABEA #EAC6A8 #CCEAA8

monochromatic

#454CD2 #777BDE #A8ABEA #D9DBF6 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A8ABEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#A8ABEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ABEA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ABEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ABEA	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8abea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.090 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3f1',
    500: '#a8abea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8abea;
$custom-light: #c3c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8abea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76182,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ABEA

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#C11DC9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ABEA

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

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