Palettes / Colors / #A5CCCA

#A5CCCA — Light Dusty Teal

#A5CCCA is a teal color we call Light Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #A5CCCA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#A5CCCA is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CCA4A6; it also sits naturally between #A4CCB6 and #A4BACC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 80% · Blue 79%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #A5CCCA

.text { color: #A5CCCA; }
.background { background-color: #A5CCCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A5CCCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(165, 204, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(177, 28%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A5CCCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(165, 204, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A5CCCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(165, 204, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A5CCCA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A5CCCA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCA4A6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #A5CCCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A5CCCA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #A5CCCA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A5CCCA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A5CCC9  ·  #A5CCCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A5CCCA?

#A5CCCA is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 165, 204, 202). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A5CCCA?

#A5CCCA is RGB 165, 204, 202 — HSL 177°, 28%, 72% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 1%, 20%.

What colors go with #A5CCCA?

Its complement is #CCA4A6; analogous partners are #A4CCB6 and #A4BACC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A5CCCA for text?

Black text on #A5CCCA has a contrast ratio of 12.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.74:1.