#9bace3

Color #9bace3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 18.11 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9bace3

RGB

rgb(155, 172, 227)

HSL

hsl(225.8, 56.2%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.8, 31.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(70.88, 6.74, -29.57)

LCH

lch(70.88, 30.33, 282.84)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0818, 271.05)

HWB

hwb(225.8, 60.8%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3d29b

Analogous

#9bd0e3

#9bace3

#ae9be3

Triadic

#9bace3

#e39bac

#ace39b

Split-complementary

#9bace3

#e3ae9b

#d0e39b

Tetradic

#9bace3

#d29be3

#e3d29b

#ace39b

Square

#9bace3

#e39bd0

#e3d29b

#9be3ae

Shades

Color #9bace3 mixed toward black.

#6983d5

#385ac7

#2a4395

#1c2d63

#0e1632

Tints

Color #9bace3 mixed toward white.

#acbae8

#bcc8ec

#cdd6f1

#dee3f6

#eef1fa

Tones

Color #9bace3 mixed toward gray.

#a1afdd

#a7b2d7

#adb6d1

#b3b9cb

#b9bcc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3d7 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#a2a0d4 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#9ccecb · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9bace3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9bace3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9bace3 (#9bace3) is rgb(155, 172, 227) in RGB.

No, #9bace3 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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