#a5dbef

Color #a5dbef

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 4.32 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#a5dbef

RGB

rgb(165, 219, 239)

HSL

hsl(196.2, 69.8%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.2, 31%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(84.43, -12.66, -15.37)

LCH

lch(84.43, 19.91, 230.52)

OKLCH

oklch(86.1%, 0.0619, 222.71)

HWB

hwb(196.2, 64.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb9a5

Analogous

#a5efde

#a5dbef

#a5b6ef

Triadic

#a5dbef

#efa5db

#dbefa5

Split-complementary

#a5dbef

#efa5b6

#efdea5

Tetradic

#a5dbef

#b9a5ef

#efb9a5

#dbefa5

Square

#a5dbef

#dea5ef

#efb9a5

#b6efa5

Shades

Color #a5dbef mixed toward black.

#6cc4e5

#33addb

#1e85ab

#145972

#0a2c39

Tints

Color #a5dbef mixed toward white.

#b4e1f2

#c3e7f4

#d2edf7

#e1f3fa

#f0f9fc

Tones

Color #a5dbef mixed toward gray.

#abd8e9

#b1d5e3

#b7d2dc

#bed0d6

#c4cdd0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfea · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#bcb7e9 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#a8e7e6 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#d3d3d3 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5dbef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5dbef]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#a5dbef (#a5dbef) is rgb(165, 219, 239) in RGB.

No, #a5dbef 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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