#a5b6ca

Color #a5b6ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.99 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a5b6ca

RGB

rgb(165, 182, 202)

HSL

hsl(212.4, 25.9%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.4, 18.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(73.36, -1.64, -12.08)

LCH

lch(73.36, 12.19, 262.27)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0343, 252.52)

HWB

hwb(212.4, 64.7%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cab9a5

Analogous

#a5c9ca

#a5b6ca

#a7a5ca

Triadic

#a5b6ca

#caa5b6

#b6caa5

Split-complementary

#a5b6ca

#caa7a5

#c9caa5

Tetradic

#a5b6ca

#b9a5ca

#cab9a5

#b6caa5

Square

#a5b6ca

#caa5c9

#cab9a5

#a5caa7

Shades

Color #a5b6ca mixed toward black.

#7f97b3

#5b789a

#445a74

#2d3c4d

#171e27

Tints

Color #a5b6ca mixed toward white.

#b4c2d3

#c3cedc

#d2dbe5

#e1e7ed

#f0f3f6

Tones

Color #a5b6ca mixed toward gray.

#a8b6c7

#abb7c4

#aeb7c1

#b1b7be

#b5b7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadc5 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#acaac4 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#a6c2c1 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5b6ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5b6ca]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#a5b6ca (#a5b6ca) is rgb(165, 182, 202) in RGB.

No, #a5b6ca 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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