#A5BDCD#A5BDCD

#A5BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.035 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5BDCD
RGB	rgb(165, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -4.73, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 11.77, 246.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0189 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.035 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7312, 48.8011, 64.8086)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5BDCD #CDB5A5

analogous

#A5CDC9 #A5BDCD #A5A9CD

triadic

#A5BDCD #CDA5BD #BDCDA5

tetradic

#A5BDCD #C9A5CD #CDB5A5 #A9CDA5

square

#A5BDCD #C9A5CD #CDB5A5 #A9CDA5

split-complementary

#A5BDCD #CDA5A9 #CDC9A5

monochromatic

#58839F #7EA0B7 #A5BDCD #CCDAE3 #EBF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A5BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#A5BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5BDCD

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5BDCD	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AC1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.035 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0d0dc',
    500: '#a5bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5bdcd;
$custom-light: #c0d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78542,
    "c": 0.03479,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5BDCD

secondary

#EBE4E0

accent

#683EA7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5BDCD

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

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