#A9ABE6#A9ABE6

#A9ABE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.084 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ABE6
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 12.10, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 32.17, 292.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0185 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.084 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2043, 43.2730, 80.8184)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ABE6 #E6E4A9

analogous

#A9C9E6 #A9ABE6 #C5A9E6

triadic

#A9ABE6 #E6A9AB #ABE6A9

tetradic

#A9ABE6 #E6A9C9 #E6E4A9 #A9E6C5

square

#A9ABE6 #E6A9C9 #E6E4A9 #A9E6C5

split-complementary

#A9ABE6 #E6C5A9 #C9E6A9

monochromatic

#4A4ECA #7A7DD8 #A9ABE6 #D8D9F4 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A9ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#A9ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ABE6

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ABE6	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.084 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ee',
    500: '#a9abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9abe6;
$custom-light: #c3c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.033,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76089,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ABE6

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#BD23C2

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ABE6

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

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