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#A5CDFD

#a5cdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a5cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.78% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 212.73°, with 95.65% saturation and 81.96% 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 12.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.55.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5875

Complementary

  1. #a5cdfd
  2. #fdd5a5

Split complementary

  1. #a5cdfd
  2. #fda9a5
  3. #f9fda5

Analogous

  1. #a5f9fd
  2. #a5cdfd
  3. #a9a5fd

Triadic

  1. #a5cdfd
  2. #fda5cd
  3. #cdfda5

Tetradic

  1. #a5cdfd
  2. #d5a5fd
  3. #fdd5a5
  4. #cdfda5

Square

  1. #a5cdfd
  2. #fda5f9
  3. #fdd5a5
  4. #a5fda9

Monochromatic

  1. #0f7afa
  2. #5aa3fb
  3. #a5cdfd
  4. #ebf4ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#a5cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5cdfd
  2. #95b9e4
  3. #84a4ca
  4. #7490b1
  5. #637b98
  6. #53677f
  7. #425265
  8. #323e4c
  9. #212933
  10. #111519
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5cdfd
  2. #aed2fd
  3. #b7d7fd
  4. #c0dcfe
  5. #c9e1fe
  6. #d2e6fe
  7. #dbebfe
  8. #e4f0fe
  9. #edf5ff
  10. #f6faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5cdfd
  2. #a1c5f1
  3. #9ebee4
  4. #9ab6d8
  5. #96aecb
  6. #93a7bf
  7. #8f9fb2
  8. #8b97a6
  9. #878f99
  10. #84888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bccbe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbceff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1c6fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #89d8dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3cefe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acc9fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95d3ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5cdfd {
  color: #a5cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-a5cdfd {
  background-color: #a5cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #a5cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 96% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5cdfd, #a9a5fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.55 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.67 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.45 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.75 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.16 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.93 #5a3202 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a5cdfd  rgb(165, 205, 253)  hsl(213, 96%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#fdd5a5  rgb(253, 213, 165)  hsl(33, 96%, 82%)  Sunset
#fda5cd  rgb(253, 165, 205)  hsl(333, 96%, 82%)  Carnation Pink
#cdfda5  rgb(205, 253, 165)  hsl(93, 96%, 82%)  Pale Green