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#A5BDFE

#a5bdfe ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a5bdfe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 74.12% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.04% cyan, 25.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 223.82°, with 97.8% saturation and 82.16% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.43.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5155

Complementary

  1. #a5bdfe
  2. #fee6a5

Split complementary

  1. #a5bdfe
  2. #febaa5
  3. #eafea5

Analogous

  1. #a5eafe
  2. #a5bdfe
  3. #baa5fe

Triadic

  1. #a5bdfe
  2. #fea5bd
  3. #bdfea5

Tetradic

  1. #a5bdfe
  2. #e6a5fe
  3. #fee6a5
  4. #bdfea5

Square

  1. #a5bdfe
  2. #fea5ea
  3. #fee6a5
  4. #a5feba

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4efc
  2. #5986fd
  3. #a5bdfe
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#a5bdfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5bdfe
  2. #95aae5
  3. #8497cb
  4. #7484b2
  5. #637198
  6. #535f7f
  7. #424c66
  8. #32394c
  9. #212633
  10. #111319
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5bdfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5bdfe
  2. #aec4fe
  3. #b7cafe
  4. #c0d1fe
  5. #c9d7fe
  6. #d2deff
  7. #dbe5ff
  8. #e4ebff
  9. #edf2ff
  10. #f6f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5bdfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5bdfe
  2. #a1b7f1
  3. #9eb1e5
  4. #9aabd8
  5. #96a5cc
  6. #939fbf
  7. #8f98b2
  8. #8b92a6
  9. #878c99
  10. #84868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5bedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8c2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0bbfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bcad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7c0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2bcfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96c5e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5bdfe {
  color: #a5bdfe;
}
Background
.bg-a5bdfe {
  background-color: #a5bdfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5bdfe {
  border: 2px solid #a5bdfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5bdfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 189 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 98% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5bdfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5bdfe, #baa5fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5bdfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 189 254 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.36 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.35 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.65 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.90 #5a4201 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a5bdfe  rgb(165, 189, 254)  hsl(224, 98%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#fee6a5  rgb(254, 230, 165)  hsl(44, 98%, 82%)  Vanilla
#fea5bd  rgb(254, 165, 189)  hsl(344, 98%, 82%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bdfea5  rgb(189, 254, 165)  hsl(104, 98%, 82%)  Pale Green