#a5add5

Color #a5add5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a5add5

RGB

rgb(165, 173, 213)

HSL

hsl(230, 36.4%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 22.5%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(71.34, 5.76, -21.15)

LCH

lch(71.34, 21.92, 285.23)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.0582, 276.01)

HWB

hwb(230, 64.7%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5cda5

Analogous

#a5c5d5

#a5add5

#b5a5d5

Triadic

#a5add5

#d5a5ad

#add5a5

Split-complementary

#a5add5

#d5b5a5

#c5d5a5

Tetradic

#a5add5

#cda5d5

#d5cda5

#add5a5

Square

#a5add5

#d5a5c5

#d5cda5

#a5d5b5

Shades

Color #a5add5 mixed toward black.

#7a86c1

#505fac

#3c4881

#283056

#14182b

Tints

Color #a5add5 mixed toward white.

#b4bbdc

#c3c8e3

#d2d6ea

#e1e4f1

#f0f1f8

Tones

Color #a5add5 mixed toward gray.

#a9b0d1

#adb2cd

#b1b5c9

#b5b8c5

#b9bac1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9cc · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a7ca · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#a5c5c3 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 15.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5add5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5add5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a5add5 (#a5add5) is rgb(165, 173, 213) in RGB.

No, #a5add5 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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