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#A5BECD

#a5becd ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a5becd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 74.51% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.51% cyan, 7.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 202.5°, with 28.57% saturation and 72.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 3.31.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4923

Complementary

  1. #a5becd
  2. #cdb4a5

Split complementary

  1. #a5becd
  2. #cda5aa
  3. #cdc8a5

Analogous

  1. #a5cdc8
  2. #a5becd
  3. #a5aacd

Triadic

  1. #a5becd
  2. #cda5be
  3. #becda5

Tetradic

  1. #a5becd
  2. #b4a5cd
  3. #cdb4a5
  4. #becda5

Square

  1. #a5becd
  2. #c8a5cd
  3. #cdb4a5
  4. #aacda5

Monochromatic

  1. #4e748c
  2. #749ab2
  3. #a5becd
  4. #d6e2e8
  5. #f2f6f8

Shades

#a5becd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5becd
  2. #95abb9
  3. #8498a4
  4. #748590
  5. #63727b
  6. #535f67
  7. #424c52
  8. #32393e
  9. #212629
  10. #111315
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5becd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5becd
  2. #aec5d2
  3. #b7cbd7
  4. #c0d2dc
  5. #c9d8e1
  6. #d2dfe6
  7. #dbe5eb
  8. #e4ecf0
  9. #edf2f5
  10. #f6f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5becd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5becd
  2. #a1b8c5
  3. #9eb2be
  4. #9aabb6
  5. #96a5ae
  6. #939fa7
  7. #8f999f
  8. #8b9397
  9. #878c8f
  10. #848688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2bcc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7bdce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b8cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ac2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0bdcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adbbcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fc0c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5becd {
  color: #a5becd;
}
Background
.bg-a5becd {
  background-color: #a5becd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5becd {
  border: 2px solid #a5becd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5becd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 190 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 29% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5becd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5becd, #a5aacd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5becd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 190 205 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 3.31 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.97 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.70 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.73 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.16 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.19 #5a4132 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#a5becd  rgb(165, 190, 205)  hsl(203, 29%, 73%)  Pastel Blue
#cdb4a5  rgb(205, 180, 165)  hsl(23, 29%, 73%)  Zinnwaldite
#cda5be  rgb(205, 165, 190)  hsl(323, 29%, 73%)  Lilac
#becda5  rgb(190, 205, 165)  hsl(83, 29%, 73%)  Sage