#A5ABC2#A5ABC2

#A5ABC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.034 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABC2
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(228, 19%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 2.61, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 12.71, 281.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0023 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.034 274)
XYZ	xyz(39.8153, 41.0196, 56.8484)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABC2 #C2BCA5

analogous

#A5B9C2 #A5ABC2 #ADA5C2

triadic

#A5ABC2 #C2A5AB #ABC2A5

tetradic

#A5ABC2 #C2A5B9 #C2BCA5 #A5C2AD

square

#A5ABC2 #C2A5B9 #C2BCA5 #A5C2AD

split-complementary

#A5ABC2 #C2ADA5 #B9C2A5

monochromatic

#60698D #8189A9 #A5ABC2 #C9CDDB #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A5ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#A5ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABC2

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABC2	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.034 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4d4',
    500: '#a5abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5abc2;
$custom-light: #c0c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 19.205,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74393,
    "c": 0.03375,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.4102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABC2

secondary

#E5E4DD

accent

#8C489E

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABC2

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

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