#9abced

Color #9abced

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 11.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9abced

RGB

rgb(154, 188, 237)

HSL

hsl(215.4, 69.7%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.4, 35%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(75.42, 0.19, -28.04)

LCH

lch(75.42, 28.04, 270.39)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0794, 257.49)

HWB

hwb(215.4, 60.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edcb9a

Analogous

#9ae6ed

#9abced

#a29aed

Triadic

#9abced

#ed9abc

#bced9a

Split-complementary

#9abced

#eda29a

#e6ed9a

Tetradic

#9abced

#cb9aed

#edcb9a

#bced9a

Square

#9abced

#ed9ae6

#edcb9a

#9aeda2

Shades

Color #9abced mixed toward black.

#6397e3

#2c73d9

#1e56a6

#14396f

#0a1d37

Tints

Color #9abced mixed toward white.

#abc7f0

#bcd2f3

#cddef6

#dde9f9

#eef4fc

Tones

Color #9abced mixed toward gray.

#a1bde6

#a8bfdf

#afc0d8

#b6c1d1

#bdc2ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaae2 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#a8a5e0 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#9cdad8 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 17.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9abced;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9abced]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9abced (#9abced) is rgb(154, 188, 237) in RGB.

No, #9abced 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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