#A5ACE1#A5ACE1

#A5ACE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.076 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ACE1
RGB	rgb(165, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(233, 50%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 9.15, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 28.94, 288.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0114 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.076 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8566, 42.9395, 77.1970)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ACE1 #E1DAA5

analogous

#A5CAE1 #A5ACE1 #BCA5E1

triadic

#A5ACE1 #E1A5AC #ACE1A5

tetradic

#A5ACE1 #E1A5CA #E1DAA5 #A5E1BC

square

#A5ACE1 #E1A5CA #E1DAA5 #A5E1BC

split-complementary

#A5ACE1 #E1BCA5 #CAE1A5

monochromatic

#4957C2 #7782D2 #A5ACE1 #D3D6F0 #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A5ACE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#A5ACE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ACE1

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ACE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ACE1	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.076 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4ea',
    500: '#a5ace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ace1;
$custom-light: #c0c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75778,
    "c": 0.07648,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ACE1

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#AC28BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ACE1

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

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