#A5AABE#A5AABE

#A5AABE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.029 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AABE
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(228, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(228, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 2.30, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 11.06, 282.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0023 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.029 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1840, 40.4660, 54.4516)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AABE #BEB9A5

analogous

#A5B7BE #A5AABE #ADA5BE

triadic

#A5AABE #BEA5AA #AABEA5

tetradic

#A5AABE #BEA5B7 #BEB9A5 #A5BEAD

square

#A5AABE #BEA5B7 #BEB9A5 #A5BEAD

split-complementary

#A5AABE #BEADA5 #B7BEA5

monochromatic

#626987 #8188A4 #A5AABE #C9CCD8 #ECEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A5AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A5AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AABE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AABE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.029 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3d1',
    500: '#a5aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aabe;
$custom-light: #bfc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74046,
    "c": 0.02929,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AABE

secondary

#E3E2DC

accent

#8B4B9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AABE

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

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