#A5A8D2#A5A8D2

#A5A8D2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.060 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A8D2
RGB	rgb(165, 168, 210)
HSL	hsl(236, 33%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 20%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 7.84, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 23.02, 289.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0122 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.06 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1497, 40.6570, 66.6399)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A8D2 #D2CFA5

analogous

#A5BED2 #A5A8D2 #B8A5D2

triadic

#A5A8D2 #D2A5A8 #A8D2A5

tetradic

#A5A8D2 #D2A5BE #D2CFA5 #A5D2B8

square

#A5A8D2 #D2A5BE #D2CFA5 #A5D2B8

split-complementary

#A5A8D2 #D2B8A5 #BED2A5

monochromatic

#545AA8 #7C81BE #A5A8D2 #CECFE6 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A5A8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A5A8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A8D2

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A8D2	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DACD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.060 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c1e0',
    500: '#a5a8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a8d2;
$custom-light: #c0c1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7437,
    "c": 0.06046,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A8D2

secondary

#EBEBE0

accent

#A439AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A8D2

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

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