#a5e8ea

Color #a5e8ea

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 2.71 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a5e8ea

RGB

rgb(165, 232, 234)

HSL

hsl(181.7, 62.2%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.7, 29.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(87.8, -20.36, -7.71)

LCH

lch(87.8, 21.77, 200.74)

OKLCH

oklch(88.7%, 0.067, 198.35)

HWB

hwb(181.7, 64.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaa7a5

Analogous

#a5eac9

#a5e8ea

#a5c5ea

Triadic

#a5e8ea

#eaa5e8

#e8eaa5

Split-complementary

#a5e8ea

#eaa5c5

#eac9a5

Tetradic

#a5e8ea

#a7a5ea

#eaa7a5

#e8eaa5

Square

#a5e8ea

#c9a5ea

#eaa7a5

#c5eaa5

Shades

Color #a5e8ea mixed toward black.

#6fdadd

#39cdd1

#269ea2

#19696c

#0d3536

Tints

Color #a5e8ea mixed toward white.

#b4eced

#c3f0f1

#d2f4f4

#e1f7f8

#f0fbfb

Tones

Color #a5e8ea mixed toward gray.

#abe3e4

#b0ddde

#b6d8d9

#bcd2d3

#c2cdcd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c6ea · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#c2bce9 · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#a9e9e9 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5e8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5e8ea]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#a5e8ea (#a5e8ea) is rgb(165, 232, 234) in RGB.

No, #a5e8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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