#a5c8de

Color #a5c8de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.49 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a5c8de

RGB

rgb(165, 200, 222)

HSL

hsl(203.2, 46.3%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.2, 25.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(78.8, -6.74, -14.76)

LCH

lch(78.8, 16.23, 245.46)

OKLCH

oklch(81.5%, 0.0486, 235.72)

HWB

hwb(203.2, 64.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#debba5

Analogous

#a5ded8

#a5c8de

#a5acde

Triadic

#a5c8de

#dea5c8

#c8dea5

Split-complementary

#a5c8de

#dea5ac

#ded8a5

Tetradic

#a5c8de

#bba5de

#debba5

#c8dea5

Square

#a5c8de

#d8a5de

#debba5

#acdea5

Shades

Color #a5c8de mixed toward black.

#76abcd

#478ebb

#346b8e

#23475e

#11242f

Tints

Color #a5c8de mixed toward white.

#b4d1e3

#c3dae9

#d2e3ee

#e1edf4

#f0f6f9

Tones

Color #a5c8de mixed toward gray.

#aac7d9

#afc6d5

#b3c5d0

#b8c4cb

#bdc3c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6d9 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#b3b0d8 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#a7d5d4 · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 12.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5c8de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5c8de]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a5c8de (#a5c8de) is rgb(165, 200, 222) in RGB.

No, #a5c8de 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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