#A5BCBE#A5BCBE

#A5BCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.025 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5BCBE
RGB	rgb(165, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(185, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -7.40, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 8.26, 206.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0233 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.025 203)
XYZ	xyz(42.7922, 47.6825, 55.6543)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5BCBE #BEA7A5

analogous

#A5BEB4 #A5BCBE #A5B0BE

triadic

#A5BCBE #BEA5BC #BCBEA5

tetradic

#A5BCBE #B4A5BE #BEA7A5 #B0BEA5

square

#A5BCBE #B4A5BE #BEA7A5 #B0BEA5

split-complementary

#A5BCBE #BEA5B0 #BEB4A5

monochromatic

#628487 #81A2A4 #A5BCBE #C9D6D8 #ECF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A5BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#A5BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5BCBE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5BCBE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.025 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0d0d1',
    500: '#a5bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5bcbe;
$custom-light: #c0d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77843,
    "c": 0.02534,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.47683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5BCBE

secondary

#E3DCDC

accent

#514B9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5BCBE

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

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