#a5a5de

Color #a5a5de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 21.15 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a5de

RGB

rgb(165, 165, 222)

HSL

hsl(240, 46.3%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(69.6, 12.34, -28.75)

LCH

lch(69.6, 31.29, 293.23)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0818, 284.22)

HWB

hwb(240, 64.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dedea5

Analogous

#a5c2de

#a5a5de

#c2a5de

Triadic

#a5a5de

#dea5a5

#a5dea5

Split-complementary

#a5a5de

#dec2a5

#c2dea5

Tetradic

#a5a5de

#dea5de

#dedea5

#a5dea5

Square

#a5a5de

#dea5c2

#dedea5

#a5dec2

Shades

Color #a5a5de mixed toward black.

#7676cd

#4747bb

#34348e

#23235e

#11112f

Tints

Color #a5a5de mixed toward white.

#b4b4e3

#c3c3e9

#d2d2ee

#e1e1f4

#f0f0f9

Tones

Color #a5a5de mixed toward gray.

#aaaad9

#afafd5

#b3b3d0

#b8b8cb

#bdbdc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5d2 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#a5a5cf · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a5c8c6 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a5de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a5de]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5a5de (#a5a5de) is rgb(165, 165, 222) in RGB.

No, #a5a5de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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