#a5a4ce

Color #a5a4ce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.46 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a4ce

RGB

rgb(165, 164, 206)

HSL

hsl(241.4, 30%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.4, 20.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(68.76, 9.15, -21.23)

LCH

lch(68.76, 23.12, 293.32)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0604, 285.85)

HWB

hwb(241.4, 64.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdcea4

Analogous

#a4b8ce

#a5a4ce

#baa4ce

Triadic

#a5a4ce

#cea5a4

#a4cea5

Split-complementary

#a5a4ce

#cebaa4

#b8cea4

Tetradic

#a5a4ce

#cea4cd

#cdcea4

#a4cea5

Square

#a5a4ce

#cea4b8

#cdcea4

#a4ceba

Shades

Color #a5a4ce mixed toward black.

#7d7cb8

#5856a0

#424178

#2c2b50

#161628

Tints

Color #a5a4ce mixed toward white.

#b4b3d6

#c3c2de

#d2d1e6

#e1e1ef

#f0f0f7

Tones

Color #a5a4ce mixed toward gray.

#a8a7ca

#acabc7

#afaec3

#b2b2c0

#b6b5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5c5 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a5c3 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a5bdbc · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 16

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a4ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a4ce]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5a4ce (#a5a4ce) is rgb(165, 164, 206) in RGB.

No, #a5a4ce 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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