#A5A1CD#A5A1CD

#A5A1CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.063 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A1CD
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(245, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(245, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 10.60, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 24.35, 295.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0205 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.063 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2788, 37.8964, 62.9911)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A1CD #C9CDA1

analogous

#A1B3CD #A5A1CD #BBA1CD

triadic

#A5A1CD #CDA5A1 #A1CDA5

tetradic

#A5A1CD #CDA1B3 #C9CDA1 #A1CDBB

square

#A5A1CD #CDA1B3 #C9CDA1 #A1CDBB

split-complementary

#A5A1CD #CDBBA1 #B3CDA1

monochromatic

#5B559F #7F79B8 #A5A1CD #CBC9E2 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A5A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#A5A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A1CD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A1CD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.063 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bcdc',
    500: '#a5a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a1cd;
$custom-light: #c0bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.06336,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A1CD

secondary

#E9EADF

accent

#A93C9F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A1CD

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

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