#a5caf8

Color #a5caf8

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#a5caf8

RGB

rgb(165, 202, 248)

HSL

hsl(213.3, 85.6%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.3, 33.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(80.19, -1.58, -26.58)

LCH

lch(80.19, 26.63, 266.6)

OKLCH

oklch(82.8%, 0.0762, 254.09)

HWB

hwb(213.3, 64.7%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8d3a5

Analogous

#a5f3f8

#a5caf8

#aaa5f8

Triadic

#a5caf8

#f8a5ca

#caf8a5

Split-complementary

#a5caf8

#f8aaa5

#f3f8a5

Tetradic

#a5caf8

#d3a5f8

#f8d3a5

#caf8a5

Square

#a5caf8

#f8a5f3

#f8d3a5

#a5f8aa

Shades

Color #a5caf8 mixed toward black.

#65a4f3

#257fee

#0f5ec0

#0a3e80

#051f40

Tints

Color #a5caf8 mixed toward white.

#b4d3f9

#c3dcfa

#d2e4fc

#e1edfd

#f0f6fe

Tones

Color #a5caf8 mixed toward gray.

#accbf1

#b3ccea

#bacce3

#c1cddc

#c8ced5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b7ee · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#b4b1eb · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#a7e6e4 · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 16.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5caf8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5caf8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a5caf8 (#a5caf8) is rgb(165, 202, 248) in RGB.

No, #a5caf8 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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