#A5ABBD#A5ABBD

#A5ABBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.027 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABBD
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(225, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 1.54, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 10.03, 278.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0005 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.027 271)
XYZ	xyz(39.2632, 40.7988, 53.9406)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABBD #BDB7A5

analogous

#A5B7BD #A5ABBD #ABA5BD

triadic

#A5ABBD #BDA5AB #ABBDA5

tetradic

#A5ABBD #BDA5B7 #BDB7A5 #A5BDAB

square

#A5ABBD #BDA5B7 #BDB7A5 #A5BDAB

split-complementary

#A5ABBD #BDABA5 #B7BDA5

monochromatic

#626B86 #828AA3 #A5ABBD #C8CCD7 #ECEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A5ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABBD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABBD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.027 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4d0',
    500: '#a5abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5abbd;
$custom-light: #bfc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7422,
    "c": 0.02674,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABBD

secondary

#E2E1DB

accent

#864C9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABBD

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

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