#A5A1BB#A5A1BB

#A5A1BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.038 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A1BB
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 187)
HSL	hsl(249, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 6.64, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 14.46, 297.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0144 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.038 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2297, 37.0767, 52.1992)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A1BB #B7BBA1

analogous

#A1AABB #A5A1BB #B2A1BB

triadic

#A5A1BB #BBA5A1 #A1BBA5

tetradic

#A5A1BB #BBA1AA #B7BBA1 #A1BBB2

square

#A5A1BB #BBA1AA #B7BBA1 #A1BBB2

split-complementary

#A5A1BB #BBB2A1 #AABBA1

monochromatic

#645F83 #837DA1 #A5A1BB #C7C5D5 #E9E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A5A1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A5A1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A1BB

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A1BB	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.038 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbccf',
    500: '#a5a1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a1bb;
$custom-light: #bfbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.03758,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A1BB

secondary

#DFE0D8

accent

#9A4B8E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A1BB

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

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