#9aa8e4

Color #9aa8e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.21 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9aa8e4

RGB

rgb(154, 168, 228)

HSL

hsl(228.6, 57.8%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.6, 32.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(69.81, 8.94, -31.79)

LCH

lch(69.81, 33.02, 285.71)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0883, 273.96)

HWB

hwb(228.6, 60.4%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4d69a

Analogous

#9acde4

#9aa8e4

#b19ae4

Triadic

#9aa8e4

#e49aa8

#a8e49a

Split-complementary

#9aa8e4

#e4b19a

#cde49a

Tetradic

#9aa8e4

#d69ae4

#e4d69a

#a8e49a

Square

#9aa8e4

#e49acd

#e4d69a

#9ae4b1

Shades

Color #9aa8e4 mixed toward black.

#687dd7

#3652c9

#283d97

#1b2964

#0d1432

Tints

Color #9aa8e4 mixed toward white.

#abb7e8

#bcc5ed

#cdd4f1

#dde2f6

#eef1fa

Tones

Color #9aa8e4 mixed toward gray.

#a0acde

#a6b0d8

#acb4d1

#b3b7cb

#b9bbc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0d7 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#9f9ed4 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#9bcdca · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9aa8e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9aa8e4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9aa8e4 (#9aa8e4) is rgb(154, 168, 228) in RGB.

No, #9aa8e4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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