#a5a0ed

Color #a5a0ed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.34 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a0ed

RGB

rgb(165, 160, 237)

HSL

hsl(243.9, 68.1%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.9, 32.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.4%, 32.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(68.94, 18.83, -38)

LCH

lch(68.94, 42.41, 296.36)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.1102, 286.35)

HWB

hwb(243.9, 62.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8eda0

Analogous

#a0c1ed

#a5a0ed

#cba0ed

Triadic

#a5a0ed

#eda5a0

#a0eda5

Split-complementary

#a5a0ed

#edcba0

#c1eda0

Tetradic

#a5a0ed

#eda0e8

#e8eda0

#a0eda5

Square

#a5a0ed

#eda0c1

#e8eda0

#a0edcb

Shades

Color #a5a0ed mixed toward black.

#7068e2

#3c31d8

#2820a7

#1b156f

#0d0b38

Tints

Color #a5a0ed mixed toward white.

#b4b0f0

#c3c0f3

#d2cff6

#e1dff9

#f0effc

Tones

Color #a5a0ed mixed toward gray.

#aaa6e7

#b0ade0

#b6b3da

#bbbad3

#c1c0cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3de · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#a3a4da · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#a5d0cd · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a0ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a0ed]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5a0ed (#a5a0ed) is rgb(165, 160, 237) in RGB.

No, #a5a0ed is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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