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#A5CBFA

#a5cbfa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a5cbfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 79.61% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 213.18°, 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 12.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.09.

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Relative luminance0.5761

Complementary

  1. #a5cbfa
  2. #fad4a5

Split complementary

  1. #a5cbfa
  2. #faa9a5
  3. #f5faa5

Analogous

  1. #a5f5fa
  2. #a5cbfa
  3. #a9a5fa

Triadic

  1. #a5cbfa
  2. #faa5cb
  3. #cbfaa5

Tetradic

  1. #a5cbfa
  2. #d4a5fa
  3. #fad4a5
  4. #cbfaa5

Square

  1. #a5cbfa
  2. #faa5f5
  3. #fad4a5
  4. #a5faa9

Monochromatic

  1. #1477f2
  2. #5da1f6
  3. #a5cbfa
  4. #ecf4fe
  5. #ecf4fe

Shades

#a5cbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5cbfa
  2. #95b7e1
  3. #84a2c8
  4. #748eaf
  5. #637a96
  6. #53667d
  7. #425164
  8. #323d4b
  9. #212932
  10. #111419
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5cbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5cbfa
  2. #aed0fb
  3. #b7d5fb
  4. #c0dbfc
  5. #c9e0fc
  6. #d2e5fd
  7. #dbeafd
  8. #e4effe
  9. #edf5fe
  10. #f6faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5cbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5cbfa
  2. #a1c4ee
  3. #9ebce2
  4. #9ab5d5
  5. #96adc9
  6. #93a6bd
  7. #8f9eb1
  8. #8b97a5
  9. #878f98
  10. #84888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbc9de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bacdfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0c4f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ad5db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2ccfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acc7f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96d1e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5cbfa {
  color: #a5cbfa;
}
Background
.bg-a5cbfa {
  background-color: #a5cbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5cbfa {
  border: 2px solid #a5cbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5cbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 203 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 89% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5cbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5cbfa, #a9a5fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5cbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 203 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.09 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.87 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.42 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.99 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.26 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.14 #5a3405 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a5cbfa  rgb(165, 203, 250)  hsl(213, 89%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#fad4a5  rgb(250, 212, 165)  hsl(33, 89%, 81%)  Sunset
#faa5cb  rgb(250, 165, 203)  hsl(333, 89%, 81%)  Carnation Pink
#cbfaa5  rgb(203, 250, 165)  hsl(93, 89%, 81%)  Granny Smith Apple