#9ba1d9

Color #9ba1d9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 21.02 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9ba1d9

RGB

rgb(155, 161, 217)

HSL

hsl(234.2, 44.9%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.2, 28.6%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(67.63, 10.4, -29.1)

LCH

lch(67.63, 30.9, 289.67)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0815, 279.39)

HWB

hwb(234.2, 60.8%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9d39b

Analogous

#9bc0d9

#9ba1d9

#b49bd9

Triadic

#9ba1d9

#d99ba1

#a1d99b

Split-complementary

#9ba1d9

#d9b49b

#c0d99b

Tetradic

#9ba1d9

#d39bd9

#d9d39b

#a1d99b

Square

#9ba1d9

#d99bc0

#d9d39b

#9bd9b4

Shades

Color #9ba1d9 mixed toward black.

#6e77c8

#444fb4

#333b87

#22285a

#11142d

Tints

Color #9ba1d9 mixed toward white.

#acb1df

#bcc0e6

#cdd0ec

#dee0f2

#eeeff9

Tones

Color #9ba1d9 mixed toward gray.

#a0a5d4

#a5a9cf

#aaadc9

#b0b2c4

#b5b6bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ecd · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#9d9dca · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#9bc3c1 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ba1d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ba1d9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9ba1d9 (#9ba1d9) is rgb(155, 161, 217) in RGB.

No, #9ba1d9 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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