#ABC4E8#ABC4E8

#ABC4E8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.058 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABC4E8
RGB	rgb(171, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(215, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(215, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -0.51, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 20.65, 268.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0126 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.058 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0959, 53.9623, 84.0519)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABC4E8 #E8CFAB

analogous

#ABE3E8 #ABC4E8 #B1ABE8

triadic

#ABC4E8 #E8ABC4 #C4E8AB

tetradic

#ABC4E8 #E8ABE3 #E8CFAB #ABE8B1

square

#ABC4E8 #E8ABE3 #E8CFAB #ABE8B1

split-complementary

#ABC4E8 #E8B1AB #E3E8AB

monochromatic

#4B81CE #7BA2DB #ABC4E8 #DBE6F5 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ABC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#ABC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABC4E8

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABC4E8	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ACCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.058 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d5ef',
    500: '#abc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abc4e8;
$custom-light: #c5d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.41,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81375,
    "c": 0.05787,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABC4E8

secondary

#C3A374

accent

#8221C5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABC4E8

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

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