#A5B5CE#A5B5CE

#A5B5CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.040 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B5CE
RGB	rgb(165, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(217, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -0.21, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 14.48, 269.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0074 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.04 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1787, 45.5023, 64.8884)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B5CE #CEBEA5

analogous

#A5C9CE #A5B5CE #A9A5CE

triadic

#A5B5CE #CEA5B5 #B5CEA5

tetradic

#A5B5CE #CEA5C9 #CEBEA5 #A5CEA9

square

#A5B5CE #CEA5C9 #CEBEA5 #A5CEA9

split-complementary

#A5B5CE #CEA9A5 #C9CEA5

monochromatic

#5874A1 #7D94B8 #A5B5CE #CDD6E4 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A5B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#A5B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B5CE

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B5CE	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BBABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.040 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0cbdd',
    500: '#a5b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b5ce;
$custom-light: #c0cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.585,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76896,
    "c": 0.04004,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B5CE

secondary

#EBE7E0

accent

#7E3DA8

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B5CE

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

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