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#A5CDE4

#a5cde4 ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a5cde4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 80.39% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.63% cyan, 10.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 201.9°, with 53.85% saturation and 77.06% 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 12.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.5726

Complementary

  1. #a5cde4
  2. #e4bca5

Split complementary

  1. #a5cde4
  2. #e4a5ae
  3. #e4dba5

Analogous

  1. #a5e4db
  2. #a5cde4
  3. #a5aee4

Triadic

  1. #a5cde4
  2. #e4a5cd
  3. #cde4a5

Tetradic

  1. #a5cde4
  2. #bca5e4
  3. #e4bca5
  4. #cde4a5

Square

  1. #a5cde4
  2. #dba5e4
  3. #e4bca5
  4. #aee4a5

Monochromatic

  1. #3789b9
  2. #6aacd2
  3. #a5cde4
  4. #e0eef6
  5. #eff6fa

Shades

#a5cde4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5cde4
  2. #95b9cd
  3. #84a4b6
  4. #7490a0
  5. #637b89
  6. #536772
  7. #42525b
  8. #323e44
  9. #21292e
  10. #111517
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5cde4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5cde4
  2. #aed2e7
  3. #b7d7e9
  4. #c0dcec
  5. #c9e1ef
  6. #d2e6f2
  7. #dbebf4
  8. #e4f0f7
  9. #edf5fa
  10. #f6fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5cde4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5cde4
  2. #a1c5da
  3. #9ebed0
  4. #9ab6c6
  5. #96aebc
  6. #93a7b2
  7. #8f9fa8
  8. #8b979e
  9. #878f94
  10. #84888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbcad3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2cbe5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c4e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92d3d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7cce5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2c8e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ad1db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5cde4 {
  color: #a5cde4;
}
Background
.bg-a5cde4 {
  background-color: #a5cde4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5cde4 {
  border: 2px solid #a5cde4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5cde4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 205 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 54% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5cde4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5cde4, #a5aee4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5cde4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 205 228 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.78 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.63 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.70 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.02 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.31 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.64 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.16 #5a321b Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#a5cde4  rgb(165, 205, 228)  hsl(202, 54%, 77%)  Columbia Blue
#e4bca5  rgb(228, 188, 165)  hsl(22, 54%, 77%)  Zinnwaldite
#e4a5cd  rgb(228, 165, 205)  hsl(322, 54%, 77%)  Plum
#cde4a5  rgb(205, 228, 165)  hsl(82, 54%, 77%)  Tea Green