#A5DFD7

sRGB: 165 / 223 / 215

Radiant blossoms dance upon still waters
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations embrace the coming dawn

#A5DFD7 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 165 red, 223 green and 215 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 171.7° lands in the cyan region. Its 47.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.14:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 165, 223, 215
HSL: 171.72°, 47.54%, 76.08%
HSV / HSB: 171.72°, 26.01%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 26.01%, 0.00%, 3.59%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.168, 65.680, 74.116
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.833, -20.078, -2.071
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65681
24-bit decimal: 10870743

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A5DFD7 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.14:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DFA5AD sits half a turn (180°) from #A5DFD7 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A5DFD7 #DFA5AD

Analogous

#A5DFBA and #A5CADF sit 30° to either side of #A5DFD7. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A5DFBA #A5DFD7 #A5CADF

Triadic

#A5DFD7, #D7A5DF and #DFD7A5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A5DFD7 #D7A5DF #DFD7A5

Split complementary

Start at #A5DFD7 and look across the wheel. #DFA5CA and #DFBAA5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A5DFD7 #DFA5CA #DFBAA5

Square

Starting with #A5DFD7, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BAA5DF, #DFA5AD, then #CADFA5. Across the square, #A5DFD7 pairs with #DFA5AD, and #BAA5DF with #CADFA5.

#A5DFD7 #BAA5DF #DFA5AD #CADFA5

Tetradic

#A5DFD7 and #DFA5AD are opposites, as are #A5ADDF and #DFD7A5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A5DFD7 #A5ADDF #DFA5AD #DFD7A5

Tints

Mixing #A5DFD7 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B7E5DF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EDF9F7, the mixture is 80% white.

#A5DFD7 #B7E5DF #C9ECE7 #DBF2EF #EDF9F7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A5DFD7 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #84B2AC, keeps 80% of the original. By #212D2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#A5DFD7 #84B2AC #638681 #425956 #212D2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #A5DFD7 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9ECCC6, keeps 80% of the original. By #879391, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A5DFD7 #9ECCC6 #96B9B4 #8FA6A3 #879391 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A5DFD7

RGB

rgb(165 223 215)

HSL

hsl(171.724 47.541% 76.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A5DFD7;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A5DFD7 uses 165 red, 223 green and 215 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 64.7%

Green 87.5%

Blue 84.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A5DFD7 is 26.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 3.6% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 26.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 3.6%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AADDDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ADD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A5DFD7 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AADDDD Nearest web-safe: #99CCCC

Gradient to complement

#A5DFD7 #AFD5D0 #B8CCC9 #C2C2C2 #CCB8BB #D5AFB4 #DFA5AD

Color vision previews

Compare how #A5DFD7 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D9D9D7

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#CED0D8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#94E2DC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C8DAD7

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C4D6D8

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A4DFD9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D4D4D4

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BED9D5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.37626 G 0.73791 B 0.67954

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.69469 G 0.86818 B 0.84261

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.44047 G 0.72591 B 0.67859

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.279 y 0.339 Y 65.680

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 35.294 M % 12.549 Y % 15.686

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100101 11011111 11010111