#A5CAEC#A5CAEC

#A5CAEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.062 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5CAEC
RGB	rgb(165, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(209, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -4.51, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 21.27, 257.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0249 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.062 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7734, 56.2943, 87.4786)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5CAEC #ECC7A5

analogous

#A5ECEA #A5CAEC #A5A6EC

triadic

#A5CAEC #ECA5CA #CAECA5

tetradic

#A5CAEC #EAA5EC #ECC7A5 #A6ECA5

square

#A5CAEC #EAA5EC #ECC7A5 #A6ECA5

split-complementary

#A5CAEC #ECA5A6 #ECEAA5

monochromatic

#408ED7 #72ACE1 #A5CAEC #D8E8F7 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A5CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#A5CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5CAEC

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5CAEC	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.062 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1daf2',
    500: '#a5caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5caec;
$custom-light: #c1daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.732,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82376,
    "c": 0.06222,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5CAEC

secondary

#C8996D

accent

#6F19CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5CAEC

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

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