#A5AAEE#A5AAEE

#A5AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AAEE
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(236, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 13.46, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 37.09, 291.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0179 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.098 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3202, 42.9205, 86.7690)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AAEE #EEE9A5

analogous

#A5CFEE #A5AAEE #C5A5EE

triadic

#A5AAEE #EEA5AA #AAEEA5

tetradic

#A5AAEE #EEA5CF #EEE9A5 #A5EEC5

square

#A5AAEE #EEA5CF #EEE9A5 #A5EEC5

split-complementary

#A5AAEE #EEC5A5 #CFEEA5

monochromatic

#3E49DB #7279E4 #A5AAEE #D8DBF8 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A5AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A5AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AAEE

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AAEE	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3f3',
    500: '#a5aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aaee;
$custom-light: #c1c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.89,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AAEE

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C315D0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AAEE

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

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