#A5ADE2#A5ADE2

#A5ADE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.077 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ADE2
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(232, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(232, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 8.84, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 28.93, 287.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0103 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.077 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1845, 43.3763, 77.9813)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ADE2 #E2DAA5

analogous

#A5CCE2 #A5ADE2 #BCA5E2

triadic

#A5ADE2 #E2A5AD #ADE2A5

tetradic

#A5ADE2 #E2A5CC #E2DAA5 #A5E2BC

square

#A5ADE2 #E2A5CC #E2DAA5 #A5E2BC

split-complementary

#A5ADE2 #E2BCA5 #CCE2A5

monochromatic

#4859C4 #7783D3 #A5ADE2 #D3D7F1 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A5ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#A5ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ADE2

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ADE2	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.077 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c5eb',
    500: '#a5ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ade2;
$custom-light: #c1c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.131,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7602,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ADE2

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#AB27BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ADE2

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

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