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#a5cfea ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a5cfea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 81.18% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.49% cyan, 11.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.48°, with 62.16% saturation and 78.24% 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 12.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.12.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5857

Complementary

  1. #a5cfea
  2. #eac0a5

Split complementary

  1. #a5cfea
  2. #eaa5ad
  3. #eae3a5

Analogous

  1. #a5eae3
  2. #a5cfea
  3. #a5adea

Triadic

  1. #a5cfea
  2. #eaa5cf
  3. #cfeaa5

Tetradic

  1. #a5cfea
  2. #c0a5ea
  3. #eac0a5
  4. #cfeaa5

Square

  1. #a5cfea
  2. #e3a5ea
  3. #eac0a5
  4. #adeaa5

Monochromatic

  1. #2f8cc7
  2. #67aedc
  3. #a5cfea
  4. #e3f0f8
  5. #eef6fb

Shades

#a5cfea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5cfea
  2. #95bad3
  3. #84a6bb
  4. #7491a4
  5. #637c8c
  6. #536875
  7. #42535e
  8. #323e46
  9. #21292f
  10. #111517
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5cfea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5cfea
  2. #aed4ec
  3. #b7d9ee
  4. #c0ddf0
  5. #c9e2f2
  6. #d2e7f5
  7. #dbecf7
  8. #e4f1f9
  9. #edf5fb
  10. #f6fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5cfea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5cfea
  2. #a1c7df
  3. #9ebfd5
  4. #9ab7ca
  5. #96afc0
  6. #93a8b5
  7. #8fa0aa
  8. #8b98a0
  9. #879095
  10. #84888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcccd7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ceeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c6ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #90d6d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8ceeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2caea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #99d3df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5cfea {
  color: #a5cfea;
}
Background
.bg-a5cfea {
  background-color: #a5cfea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5cfea {
  border: 2px solid #a5cfea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5cfea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 207 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 62% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5cfea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5cfea, #a5adea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5cfea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 207 234 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.12 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.72 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.83 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.25 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.35 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.56 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.70 #5a3015 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#a5cfea  rgb(165, 207, 234)  hsl(203, 62%, 78%)  Columbia Blue
#eac0a5  rgb(234, 192, 165)  hsl(23, 62%, 78%)  Desert Sand
#eaa5cf  rgb(234, 165, 207)  hsl(323, 62%, 78%)  Carnation Pink
#cfeaa5  rgb(207, 234, 165)  hsl(83, 62%, 78%)  Tea Green