#A5ABC3#A5ABC3

#A5ABC3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.035 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABC3
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(228, 20%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 2.83, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 13.25, 282.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0027 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.035 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9280, 41.0647, 57.4419)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABC3 #C3BDA5

analogous

#A5BAC3 #A5ABC3 #AEA5C3

triadic

#A5ABC3 #C3A5AB #ABC3A5

tetradic

#A5ABC3 #C3A5BA #C3BDA5 #A5C3AE

square

#A5ABC3 #C3A5BA #C3BDA5 #A5C3AE

split-complementary

#A5ABC3 #C3AEA5 #BAC3A5

monochromatic

#5F698F #8089AB #A5ABC3 #CACDDB #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A5ABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A5ABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABC3

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABC3	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5abc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.035 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4d5',
    500: '#a5abc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5abc3;
$custom-light: #c0c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5abc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74428,
    "c": 0.03515,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABC3

secondary

#E6E4DE

accent

#8D479E

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABC3

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

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