#a5a5e2

Color #a5a5e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 20.55 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a5e2

RGB

rgb(165, 165, 226)

HSL

hsl(240, 51.3%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 27%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.75, 13.3, -30.71)

LCH

lch(69.75, 33.47, 293.42)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0875, 284.08)

HWB

hwb(240, 64.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e2a5

Analogous

#a5c4e2

#a5a5e2

#c4a5e2

Triadic

#a5a5e2

#e2a5a5

#a5e2a5

Split-complementary

#a5a5e2

#e2c4a5

#c4e2a5

Tetradic

#a5a5e2

#e2a5e2

#e2e2a5

#a5e2a5

Square

#a5a5e2

#e2a5c4

#e2e2a5

#a5e2c4

Shades

Color #a5a5e2 mixed toward black.

#7474d2

#4242c2

#303094

#202063

#101031

Tints

Color #a5a5e2 mixed toward white.

#b4b4e7

#c3c3ec

#d2d2f1

#e1e1f5

#f0f0fa

Tones

Color #a5a5e2 mixed toward gray.

#aaaadd

#afafd8

#b4b4d3

#b9b9ce

#bfbfc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5d5 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a5d2 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#a5cbc8 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 19.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a5e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a5e2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5a5e2 (#a5a5e2) is rgb(165, 165, 226) in RGB.

No, #a5a5e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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