#a5abde

Color #a5abde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.84 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a5abde

RGB

rgb(165, 171, 222)

HSL

hsl(233.7, 46.3%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.7, 25.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(71.14, 8.99, -26.38)

LCH

lch(71.14, 27.87, 288.82)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0736, 279.23)

HWB

hwb(233.7, 64.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ded8a5

Analogous

#a5c8de

#a5abde

#bca5de

Triadic

#a5abde

#dea5ab

#abdea5

Split-complementary

#a5abde

#debca5

#c8dea5

Tetradic

#a5abde

#d8a5de

#ded8a5

#abdea5

Square

#a5abde

#dea5c8

#ded8a5

#a5debc

Shades

Color #a5abde mixed toward black.

#767fcd

#4753bb

#343d8e

#23295e

#11142f

Tints

Color #a5abde mixed toward white.

#b4b9e3

#c3c7e9

#d2d5ee

#e1e3f4

#f0f1f9

Tones

Color #a5abde mixed toward gray.

#aaafd9

#afb3d5

#b3b6d0

#b8bacb

#bdbec6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8d3 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a7a7d0 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a5cac8 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5abde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5abde]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5abde (#a5abde) is rgb(165, 171, 222) in RGB.

No, #a5abde 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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