#a5bcbf

Color #a5bcbf

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 8.86 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a5bcbf

RGB

rgb(165, 188, 191)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 16.9%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 13.6%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(74.65, -7.2, -4.16)

LCH

lch(74.65, 8.32, 210.02)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0255, 206.26)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 64.7%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfa8a5

Analogous

#a5bfb5

#a5bcbf

#a5afbf

Triadic

#a5bcbf

#bfa5bc

#bcbfa5

Split-complementary

#a5bcbf

#bfa5af

#bfb5a5

Tetradic

#a5bcbf

#a8a5bf

#bfa8a5

#bcbfa5

Square

#a5bcbf

#b5a5bf

#bfa8a5

#afbfa5

Shades

Color #a5bcbf mixed toward black.

#82a2a6

#63868b

#4a6568

#314345

#192223

Tints

Color #a5bcbf mixed toward white.

#b4c7ca

#c3d2d4

#d2dedf

#e1e9ea

#f0f4f4

Tones

Color #a5bcbf mixed toward gray.

#a7babd

#a9b9bb

#abb7b8

#aeb5b6

#b0b4b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afb0be · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#aeacbe · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#a6bebe · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5bcbf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5bcbf]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a5bcbf (#a5bcbf) is rgb(165, 188, 191) in RGB.

No, #a5bcbf 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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