#A5ACED#A5ACED

#A5ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.093 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ACED
RGB	rgb(165, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(234, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(234, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 12.09, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 35.42, 289.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0149 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.093 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5515, 43.6175, 86.1233)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ACED #EDE6A5

analogous

#A5D0ED #A5ACED #C2A5ED

triadic

#A5ACED #EDA5AC #ACEDA5

tetradic

#A5ACED #EDA5D0 #EDE6A5 #A5EDC2

square

#A5ACED #EDA5D0 #EDE6A5 #A5EDC2

split-complementary

#A5ACED #EDC2A5 #D0EDA5

monochromatic

#3F4ED9 #727DE3 #A5ACED #D8DBF7 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A5ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A5ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ACED

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ACED	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.093 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4f3',
    500: '#a5aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aced;
$custom-light: #c1c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.167,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76284,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ACED

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BD17CF

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ACED

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

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