#A5A9BE#A5A9BE

#A5A9BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.031 H 277.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A9BE
RGB	rgb(165, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(230, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 2.85, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 11.57, 284.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0038 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.031 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9972, 40.0925, 54.3893)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A9BE #BEBAA5

analogous

#A5B6BE #A5A9BE #AEA5BE

triadic

#A5A9BE #BEA5A9 #A9BEA5

tetradic

#A5A9BE #BEA5B6 #BEBAA5 #A5BEAE

square

#A5A9BE #BEA5B6 #BEBAA5 #A5BEAE

split-complementary

#A5A9BE #BEAEA5 #B6BEA5

monochromatic

#626887 #8187A4 #A5A9BE #C9CBD8 #ECEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A5A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A9BE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A9BE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.031 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc2d1',
    500: '#a5a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a9be;
$custom-light: #bfc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.4,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73839,
    "c": 0.03051,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A9BE

secondary

#E3E2DC

accent

#8E4B9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A9BE

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

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