#a5bcce

Color #a5bcce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.58 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a5bcce

RGB

rgb(165, 188, 206)

HSL

hsl(206.3, 29.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.3, 19.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(75.09, -3.98, -11.67)

LCH

lch(75.09, 12.33, 251.17)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.036, 241.66)

HWB

hwb(206.3, 64.7%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceb7a5

Analogous

#a5cecb

#a5bcce

#a5a7ce

Triadic

#a5bcce

#cea5bc

#bccea5

Split-complementary

#a5bcce

#cea5a7

#cecba5

Tetradic

#a5bcce

#b7a5ce

#ceb7a5

#bccea5

Square

#a5bcce

#cba5ce

#ceb7a5

#a7cea5

Shades

Color #a5bcce mixed toward black.

#7d9eb8

#5780a0

#416078

#2c4050

#162028

Tints

Color #a5bcce mixed toward white.

#b4c7d6

#c3d2de

#d2dde6

#e1e9ef

#f0f4f7

Tones

Color #a5bcce mixed toward gray.

#a8bbca

#acbbc7

#afbbc4

#b3bac0

#b6babd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afb0ca · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#aeacc9 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#a6c6c6 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5bcce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5bcce]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#a5bcce (#a5bcce) is rgb(165, 188, 206) in RGB.

No, #a5bcce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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