#A5AABA#A5AABA

#A5AABA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.024 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AABA
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(226, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 1.46, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 8.91, 279.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0008 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.024 272)
XYZ	xyz(38.7528, 40.2935, 52.1806)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AABA #BAB5A5

analogous

#A5B5BA #A5AABA #ABA5BA

triadic

#A5AABA #BAA5AA #AABAA5

tetradic

#A5AABA #BAA5B5 #BAB5A5 #A5BAAB

square

#A5AABA #BAA5B5 #BAB5A5 #A5BAAB

split-complementary

#A5AABA #BAABA5 #B5BAA5

monochromatic

#636A81 #82899F #A5AABA #C8CBD5 #EAEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A5AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A5AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AABA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AABA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.024 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3ce',
    500: '#a5aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aaba;
$custom-light: #bfc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 13.208,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.02367,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.40294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AABA

secondary

#E1DFDA

accent

#864E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AABA

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

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