#A9ABD8#A9ABD8

#A9ABD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.064 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ABD8
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(237, 38%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(237, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 8.80, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 24.57, 290.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0142 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.064 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3167, 42.5179, 70.8770)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ABD8 #D8D6A9

analogous

#A9C2D8 #A9ABD8 #BEA9D8

triadic

#A9ABD8 #D8A9AB #ABD8A9

tetradic

#A9ABD8 #D8A9C2 #D8D6A9 #A9D8BE

square

#A9ABD8 #D8A9C2 #D8D6A9 #A9D8BE

split-complementary

#A9ABD8 #D8BEA9 #C2D8A9

monochromatic

#5559B2 #7F82C5 #A9ABD8 #D3D4EB #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A9ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ABD8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ABD8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.064 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4e4',
    500: '#a9abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9abd8;
$custom-light: #c3c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.447,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.06443,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ABD8

secondary

#ECECDF

accent

#AB35B1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ABD8

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

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