#a5abe4

Color #a5abe4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 19.65 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a5abe4

RGB

rgb(165, 171, 228)

HSL

hsl(234.3, 53.8%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.3, 27.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(71.37, 10.44, -29.31)

LCH

lch(71.37, 31.11, 289.61)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.082, 279.54)

HWB

hwb(234.3, 64.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4dea5

Analogous

#a5cbe4

#a5abe4

#bfa5e4

Triadic

#a5abe4

#e4a5ab

#abe4a5

Split-complementary

#a5abe4

#e4bfa5

#cbe4a5

Tetradic

#a5abe4

#dea5e4

#e4dea5

#abe4a5

Square

#a5abe4

#e4a5cb

#e4dea5

#a5e4bf

Shades

Color #a5abe4 mixed toward black.

#737cd5

#404dc6

#2d3797

#1e2565

#0f1232

Tints

Color #a5abe4 mixed toward white.

#b4b9e9

#c3c7ed

#d2d5f2

#e1e3f6

#f0f1fb

Tones

Color #a5abe4 mixed toward gray.

#aaafdf

#b0b4da

#b5b8d4

#babccf

#bfc0ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8d8 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#a7a7d5 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a5cecc · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5abe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5abe4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5abe4 (#a5abe4) is rgb(165, 171, 228) in RGB.

No, #a5abe4 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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