#a5a5ca

Color #a5a5ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.61 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a5ca

RGB

rgb(165, 165, 202)

HSL

hsl(240, 25.9%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 18.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(68.88, 7.69, -18.84)

LCH

lch(68.88, 20.35, 292.2)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0532, 285.03)

HWB

hwb(240, 64.7%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cacaa5

Analogous

#a5b8ca

#a5a5ca

#b8a5ca

Triadic

#a5a5ca

#caa5a5

#a5caa5

Split-complementary

#a5a5ca

#cab8a5

#b8caa5

Tetradic

#a5a5ca

#caa5ca

#cacaa5

#a5caa5

Square

#a5a5ca

#caa5b8

#cacaa5

#a5cab8

Shades

Color #a5a5ca mixed toward black.

#7f7fb3

#5b5b9a

#444474

#2d2d4d

#171727

Tints

Color #a5a5ca mixed toward white.

#b4b4d3

#c3c3dc

#d2d2e5

#e1e1ed

#f0f0f6

Tones

Color #a5a5ca mixed toward gray.

#a8a8c7

#ababc4

#aeaec1

#b1b1be

#b5b5bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5c2 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#a5a5c0 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#a5bbba · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 14.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a5ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a5ca]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5a5ca (#a5a5ca) is rgb(165, 165, 202) in RGB.

No, #a5a5ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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