ColorXprez

#A5B2FF

Cornflower · light cool blue

About #A5B2FF

#A5B2FF is a light, moderately saturated blue colour. Digitally that works out to 65% red, 70% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 35% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Cornflower and Periwinkle (ΔE 16.2), with Periwinkle the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FFF2A5 (butter), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.41:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red165
Green178
Blue255

Closest named colours

Cornflower
#6495ED · ΔE 16.2
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 17.6
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 19.7

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #A5B2FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cornflower #A5B2FF.
2.02:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cornflower #A5B2FF.
10.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A5B2FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A5B2FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9ABAFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#93B3FD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8BC1CD

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A5B2FF?

#A5B2FF is a light, moderately saturated blue colour. Digitally that works out to 65% red, 70% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 35% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #A5B2FF?

Use black text. Black on #A5B2FF has a contrast ratio of 10.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A5B2FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFF2A5, and analogous partners are #A5DFFF and #C5A5FF.