#A5ABCD#A5ABCD

#A5ABCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.049 H 277.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABCD
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(231, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(231, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 5.04, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 18.66, 285.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0063 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.049 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0967, 41.5322, 63.5971)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABCD #CDC7A5

analogous

#A5BFCD #A5ABCD #B3A5CD

triadic

#A5ABCD #CDA5AB #ABCDA5

tetradic

#A5ABCD #CDA5BF #CDC7A5 #A5CDB3

square

#A5ABCD #CDA5BF #CDC7A5 #A5CDB3

split-complementary

#A5ABCD #CDB3A5 #BFCDA5

monochromatic

#58639F #7E86B7 #A5ABCD #CCD0E3 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A5ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#A5ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABCD

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABCD	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.049 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4dc',
    500: '#a5abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5abcd;
$custom-light: #c0c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74791,
    "c": 0.04935,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABCD

secondary

#EBE9E0

accent

#973EA7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABCD

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

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