#a5e7ed

Color #a5e7ed

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 4.02 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a5e7ed

RGB

rgb(165, 231, 237)

HSL

hsl(185, 66.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 30.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(87.61, -19.18, -9.56)

LCH

lch(87.61, 21.43, 206.49)

OKLCH

oklch(88.6%, 0.0665, 203.1)

HWB

hwb(185, 64.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edaba5

Analogous

#a5edcf

#a5e7ed

#a5c3ed

Triadic

#a5e7ed

#eda5e7

#e7eda5

Split-complementary

#a5e7ed

#eda5c3

#edcfa5

Tetradic

#a5e7ed

#aba5ed

#edaba5

#e7eda5

Square

#a5e7ed

#cfa5ed

#edaba5

#c3eda5

Shades

Color #a5e7ed mixed toward black.

#6dd8e2

#35c9d7

#219ca7

#166870

#0b3438

Tints

Color #a5e7ed mixed toward white.

#b4ebf0

#c3eff3

#d2f3f6

#e1f7f9

#f0fbfc

Tones

Color #a5e7ed mixed toward gray.

#abe2e7

#b1dde1

#b7d8db

#bdd3d5

#c3cecf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c5c6ec · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#c1bceb · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#a9eaea · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5e7ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5e7ed]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a5e7ed (#a5e7ed) is rgb(165, 231, 237) in RGB.

No, #a5e7ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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