#a5c9f3

Color #a5c9f3

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.41 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a5c9f3

RGB

rgb(165, 201, 243)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 76.5%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 32.1%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(79.75, -2.28, -24.58)

LCH

lch(79.75, 24.69, 264.7)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.0708, 252.59)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 64.7%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f3cfa5

Analogous

#a5f0f3

#a5c9f3

#a8a5f3

Triadic

#a5c9f3

#f3a5c9

#c9f3a5

Split-complementary

#a5c9f3

#f3a8a5

#f0f3a5

Tetradic

#a5c9f3

#cfa5f3

#f3cfa5

#c9f3a5

Square

#a5c9f3

#f3a5f0

#f3cfa5

#a5f3a8

Shades

Color #a5c9f3 mixed toward black.

#69a5eb

#2d81e3

#1860b4

#104078

#08203c

Tints

Color #a5c9f3 mixed toward white.

#b4d2f5

#c3dbf7

#d2e4f9

#e1edfb

#f0f6fd

Tones

Color #a5c9f3 mixed toward gray.

#abcaed

#b2cae6

#b8cbe0

#bfcbd9

#c5ccd3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6ea · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#b4b1e7 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#a7e2e0 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 15.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5c9f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5c9f3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#a5c9f3 (#a5c9f3) is rgb(165, 201, 243) in RGB.

No, #a5c9f3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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