#9badca

Color #9badca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.46 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#9badca

RGB

rgb(155, 173, 202)

HSL

hsl(217, 30.7%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 23.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(70.26, 0.12, -16.82)

LCH

lch(70.26, 16.82, 270.41)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0466, 259.87)

HWB

hwb(217, 60.8%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cab89b

Analogous

#9bc5ca

#9badca

#a09bca

Triadic

#9badca

#ca9bad

#adca9b

Split-complementary

#9badca

#caa09b

#c5ca9b

Tetradic

#9badca

#b89bca

#cab89b

#adca9b

Square

#9badca

#ca9bc5

#cab89b

#9bcaa0

Shades

Color #9badca mixed toward black.

#748db5

#526e9c

#3e5375

#29374e

#151c27

Tints

Color #9badca mixed toward white.

#acbbd3

#bcc8dc

#cdd6e4

#dee4ed

#eef1f6

Tones

Color #9badca mixed toward gray.

#9faec6

#a3afc2

#a7b0be

#abb1ba

#afb2b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3c3 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#a2a1c2 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#9cbebd · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9badca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9badca]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#9badca (#9badca) is rgb(155, 173, 202) in RGB.

No, #9badca 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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