Light blue
#ABC5FB
#ABC5FB is a light blue with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#ABC5FB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ABC5FB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F3F7FF
- 100 E2EBFF
- 200 C7D9FF
- 300 ABC5FB
- 400 8BA3D5
- 500 6F87B9
- 600 566C9D
- 700 405481
- 800 2C3E66
- 900 1B2A4B
- 950 0C1731
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f3f7ff; --color-blue-100: #e2ebff; --color-blue-200: #c7d9ff; --color-blue-300: #abc5fb; --color-blue-400: #8ba3d5; --color-blue-500: #6f87b9; --color-blue-600: #566c9d; --color-blue-700: #405481; --color-blue-800: #2c3e66; --color-blue-900: #1b2a4b; --color-blue-950: #0c1731;}Is #ABC5FB readable?
Contrast for text on #ABC5FB and for #ABC5FB used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #5F76A8 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 31 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #ABC5FB
Six palettes built around #ABC5FB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ABC5FB · #AB95D4 · #6DC4FF · #FFD8FF · #2B2F3B
- Complementary#ABC5FB · #D5A962 · #DFA700 · #CFE1FF · #242B38
- Split complementary#ABC5FB · #AE714D · #CBB042 · #CDDEFF · #20232D
- Triadic#ABC5FB · #C17475 · #5BAE66 · #CEDBFF · #29303E
- Tetradic#ABC5FB · #CD849A · #E7A200 · #A8E5D3 · #262F3D
- Monochromatic#ABC5FB · #6A87D9 · #79AFFF · #C5DBFF · #29303B
#ABC5FB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ABC5FB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F3F7FF
- Brand 100, #E2EBFF
- Brand 200, #C7D9FF
- Brand 300, #ABC5FB
- Brand 400, #8BA3D5
- Brand 500, #6F87B9
- Brand 600, #566C9D
- Brand 700, #405481
- Brand 800, #2C3E66
- Brand 900, #1B2A4B
- Brand 950, #0C1731
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D2D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9DA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6F737B
- Neutral 600, #50545C
- Neutral 700, #3D4047
- Neutral 800, #25282E
- Neutral 900, #15181E
- Neutral 950, #080A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EDA756
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F7FF
- Info 100, #DEEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #6FA6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #225693
- Info 800, #0F3F76
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001837
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.4:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #ABC5FB
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.