#a5c8cb

Color #a5c8cb

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a5c8cb

RGB

rgb(165, 200, 203)

HSL

hsl(184.7, 26.8%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.7, 18.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(78.24, -10.96, -5.37)

LCH

lch(78.24, 12.2, 206.1)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.0376, 202.88)

HWB

hwb(184.7, 64.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cba8a5

Analogous

#a5cbbb

#a5c8cb

#a5b5cb

Triadic

#a5c8cb

#cba5c8

#c8cba5

Split-complementary

#a5c8cb

#cba5b5

#cbbba5

Tetradic

#a5c8cb

#a8a5cb

#cba8a5

#c8cba5

Square

#a5c8cb

#bba5cb

#cba8a5

#b5cba5

Shades

Color #a5c8cb mixed toward black.

#7eb0b5

#5a969c

#437175

#2d4b4e

#162627

Tints

Color #a5c8cb mixed toward white.

#b4d1d4

#c3dadc

#d2e4e5

#e1edee

#f0f6f6

Tones

Color #a5c8cb mixed toward gray.

#a8c5c8

#abc3c5

#afc0c2

#b2bdbe

#b5bbbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6ca · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#b3b0ca · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#a7caca · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5c8cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5c8cb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a5c8cb (#a5c8cb) is rgb(165, 200, 203) in RGB.

No, #a5c8cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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