#a5bed8

Color #a5bed8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a5bed8

RGB

rgb(165, 190, 216)

HSL

hsl(210.6, 39.5%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.6, 23.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(75.94, -2.8, -15.83)

LCH

lch(75.94, 16.08, 259.97)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.046, 249.4)

HWB

hwb(210.6, 64.7%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8bfa5

Analogous

#a5d7d8

#a5bed8

#a6a5d8

Triadic

#a5bed8

#d8a5be

#bed8a5

Split-complementary

#a5bed8

#d8a6a5

#d7d8a5

Tetradic

#a5bed8

#bfa5d8

#d8bfa5

#bed8a5

Square

#a5bed8

#d8a5d7

#d8bfa5

#a5d8a6

Shades

Color #a5bed8 mixed toward black.

#799ec5

#4d7eb1

#3a5e85

#263f59

#131f2c

Tints

Color #a5bed8 mixed toward white.

#b4c9de

#c3d4e5

#d2deeb

#e1e9f2

#f0f4f8

Tones

Color #a5bed8 mixed toward gray.

#a9bed4

#adbecf

#b2becb

#b6bec7

#babec3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1d2 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#afadd1 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#a6cdcc · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5bed8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5bed8]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#a5bed8 (#a5bed8) is rgb(165, 190, 216) in RGB.

No, #a5bed8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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