#A5BCDE#A5BCDE

#A5BCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.055 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5BCDE
RGB	rgb(165, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(216, 46%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(216, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -0.33, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 19.59, 269.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0114 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.055 258)
XYZ	xyz(46.6814, 49.2382, 76.1374)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5BCDE #DEC7A5

analogous

#A5D8DE #A5BCDE #AAA5DE

triadic

#A5BCDE #DEA5BC #BCDEA5

tetradic

#A5BCDE #DEA5D8 #DEC7A5 #A5DEAA

square

#A5BCDE #DEA5D8 #DEC7A5 #A5DEAA

split-complementary

#A5BCDE #DEAAA5 #D8DEA5

monochromatic

#4B79BD #789BCE #A5BCDE #D2DDEE #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A5BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#A5BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5BCDE

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5BCDE	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.055 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0d0e8',
    500: '#a5bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5bcde;
$custom-light: #c0d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.789,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78934,
    "c": 0.05477,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.4924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5BCDE

secondary

#EEE7DD

accent

#802CBA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5BCDE

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

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