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#A5C4FA

#a5c4fa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a5c4fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 76.86% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34% cyan, 21.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 218.12°, with 89.47% saturation and 81.37% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.4.

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Relative luminance0.5438

Complementary

  1. #a5c4fa
  2. #fadba5

Split complementary

  1. #a5c4fa
  2. #fab0a5
  3. #eefaa5

Analogous

  1. #a5eefa
  2. #a5c4fa
  3. #b0a5fa

Triadic

  1. #a5c4fa
  2. #faa5c4
  3. #c4faa5

Tetradic

  1. #a5c4fa
  2. #dba5fa
  3. #fadba5
  4. #c4faa5

Square

  1. #a5c4fa
  2. #faa5ee
  3. #fadba5
  4. #a5fab0

Monochromatic

  1. #1465f2
  2. #5d94f6
  3. #a5c4fa
  4. #ecf2fe
  5. #ecf2fe

Shades

#a5c4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5c4fa
  2. #95b0e1
  3. #849dc8
  4. #7489af
  5. #637696
  6. #53627d
  7. #424e64
  8. #323b4b
  9. #212732
  10. #111419
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5c4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5c4fa
  2. #aecafb
  3. #b7d0fb
  4. #c0d6fc
  5. #c9dcfc
  6. #d2e2fd
  7. #dbe7fd
  8. #e4edfe
  9. #edf3fe
  10. #f6f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5c4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5c4fa
  2. #a1bdee
  3. #9eb6e2
  4. #9ab0d5
  5. #96a9c9
  6. #93a2bd
  7. #8f9bb1
  8. #8b94a5
  9. #878e98
  10. #84878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8c3db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c7fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9bff9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bcfd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adc6fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7c1f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96cbe5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5c4fa {
  color: #a5c4fa;
}
Background
.bg-a5c4fa {
  background-color: #a5c4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5c4fa {
  border: 2px solid #a5c4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5c4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 196 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 89% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5c4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5c4fa, #b0a5fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5c4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 196 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.40 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.03 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.64 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.77 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.09 #5a3b05 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a5c4fa  rgb(165, 196, 250)  hsl(218, 89%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#fadba5  rgb(250, 219, 165)  hsl(38, 89%, 81%)  Navajo White
#faa5c4  rgb(250, 165, 196)  hsl(338, 89%, 81%)  Carnation Pink
#c4faa5  rgb(196, 250, 165)  hsl(98, 89%, 81%)  Pale Green