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#A5BECB

Light Blue · light cool blue

About #A5BECB

With the hex code #A5BECB, this is a light blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 75% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Blue — a ΔE of 10.0 — followed by Dusty Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CBB2A5, a greige shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.83:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red165
Green190
Blue203

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.0
Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 10.7
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #A5BECB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #A5BECB.
1.94:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #A5BECB.
10.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A5BECB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A5BECB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8BDCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B2B8CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9BC2C2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A5BECB?

With the hex code #A5BECB, this is a light blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 75% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A5BECB?

Use black text. Black on #A5BECB has a contrast ratio of 10.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A5BECB?

Its complementary colour is #CBB2A5, and analogous partners are #A5CBC5 and #A5ABCB.