#9aced8

Color #9aced8

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 5.62 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9aced8

RGB

rgb(154, 206, 216)

HSL

hsl(189.7, 44.3%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.7, 28.7%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(79.6, -14.46, -10.41)

LCH

lch(79.6, 17.82, 215.75)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.0556, 210.72)

HWB

hwb(189.7, 60.4%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8a49a

Analogous

#9ad8c3

#9aced8

#9aafd8

Triadic

#9aced8

#d89ace

#ced89a

Split-complementary

#9aced8

#d89aaf

#d8c39a

Tetradic

#9aced8

#a49ad8

#d8a49a

#ced89a

Square

#9aced8

#c39ad8

#d8a49a

#afd89a

Shades

Color #9aced8 mixed toward black.

#6db8c7

#45a0b2

#337885

#225059

#11282c

Tints

Color #9aced8 mixed toward white.

#abd6de

#bcdee5

#cce6eb

#ddeff2

#eef7f8

Tones

Color #9aced8 mixed toward gray.

#9fcad3

#a4c7ce

#a9c3c8

#afc0c3

#b4bcbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3d6 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#b0acd5 · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#9dd4d3 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9aced8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9aced8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#9aced8 (#9aced8) is rgb(154, 206, 216) in RGB.

No, #9aced8 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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