#A5BDEC#A5BDEC

#A5BDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.072 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5BDEC
RGB	rgb(165, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(220, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, 2.48, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 26.14, 275.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.008 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.072 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8506, 50.4489, 86.5043)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5BDEC #ECD4A5

analogous

#A5E0EC #A5BDEC #B0A5EC

triadic

#A5BDEC #ECA5BD #BDECA5

tetradic

#A5BDEC #ECA5E0 #ECD4A5 #A5ECB0

square

#A5BDEC #ECA5E0 #ECD4A5 #A5ECB0

split-complementary

#A5BDEC #ECB0A5 #E0ECA5

monochromatic

#4073D7 #7298E1 #A5BDEC #D8E2F7 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#A5BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#A5BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5BDEC

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5BDEC	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.072 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1d0f2',
    500: '#a5bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5bdec;
$custom-light: #c1d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.718,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79677,
    "c": 0.07209,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5BDEC

secondary

#C8A96D

accent

#9019CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5BDEC

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

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