#A5D1E6#A5D1E6

#A5D1E6 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.055 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5D1E6
RGB	rgb(165, 209, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -9.60, -15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 17.85, 237.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0361 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.055 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5961, 59.3111, 83.5245)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5D1E6 #E6BAA5

analogous

#A5E6DB #A5D1E6 #A5B0E6

triadic

#A5D1E6 #E6A5D1 #D1E6A5

tetradic

#A5D1E6 #DBA5E6 #E6BAA5 #B0E6A5

square

#A5D1E6 #DBA5E6 #E6BAA5 #B0E6A5

split-complementary

#A5D1E6 #E6A5B0 #E6DBA5

monochromatic

#45A0CB #75B9D9 #A5D1E6 #D5E9F3 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#A5D1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#A5D1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5D1E6

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5D1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5D1E6	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5d1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 209, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.055 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1dfee',
    500: '#a5d1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5d1e6;
$custom-light: #c1dfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5d1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8364,
    "c": 0.05471,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5D1E6

secondary

#C1896F

accent

#5621C4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5D1E6

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

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