#A5ACE5#A5ACE5

#A5ACE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.082 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ACE5
RGB	rgb(165, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(233, 55%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 10.12, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 31.10, 289.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0126 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.082 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4087, 43.1603, 80.1046)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ACE5 #E5DEA5

analogous

#A5CCE5 #A5ACE5 #BEA5E5

triadic

#A5ACE5 #E5A5AC #ACE5A5

tetradic

#A5ACE5 #E5A5CC #E5DEA5 #A5E5BE

square

#A5ACE5 #E5A5CC #E5DEA5 #A5E5BE

split-complementary

#A5ACE5 #E5BEA5 #CCE5A5

monochromatic

#4654CA #7680D7 #A5ACE5 #D4D8F3 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A5ACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#A5ACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ACE5

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ACE5	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.082 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4ed',
    500: '#a5ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ace5;
$custom-light: #c1c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.438,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75943,
    "c": 0.08215,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ACE5

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B123C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ACE5

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

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