#A0B5E4#A0B5E4

#A0B5E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.071 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0B5E4
RGB	rgb(160, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(221, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, 3.45, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 26.11, 277.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.005 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.071 266)
XYZ	xyz(45.0207, 46.1212, 79.9139)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0B5E4 #E4CFA0

analogous

#A0D7E4 #A0B5E4 #ADA0E4

triadic

#A0B5E4 #E4A0B5 #B5E4A0

tetradic

#A0B5E4 #E4A0D7 #E4CFA0 #A0E4AD

square

#A0B5E4 #E4A0D7 #E4CFA0 #A0E4AD

split-complementary

#A0B5E4 #E4ADA0 #D7E4A0

monochromatic

#416BC9 #7090D6 #A0B5E4 #D0DAF2 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A0B5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#A0B5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0B5E4

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0B5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0B5E4	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DBEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0b5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.071 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcbec',
    500: '#a0b5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0b5e4;
$custom-light: #bdcbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0b5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.471,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77371,
    "c": 0.07147,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.46123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0B5E4

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#9222C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0B5E4

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

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