#9bb8fd

Color #9bb8fd

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.99 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9bb8fd

RGB

rgb(155, 184, 253)

HSL

hsl(222.2, 96.1%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.2, 38.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 27.3%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(75.04, 6.82, -37.24)

LCH

lch(75.04, 37.86, 280.38)

OKLCH

oklch(78.7%, 0.1039, 266.52)

HWB

hwb(222.2, 60.8%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fde09b

Analogous

#9be9fd

#9bb8fd

#af9bfd

Triadic

#9bb8fd

#fd9bb8

#b8fd9b

Split-complementary

#9bb8fd

#fdaf9b

#e9fd9b

Tetradic

#9bb8fd

#e09bfd

#fde09b

#b8fd9b

Square

#9bb8fd

#fd9be9

#fde09b

#9bfdaf

Shades

Color #9bb8fd mixed toward black.

#5889fc

#1659fa

#043ec8

#032985

#011543

Tints

Color #9bb8fd mixed toward white.

#acc4fd

#bcd0fe

#cddcfe

#dee7fe

#eef3ff

Tones

Color #9bb8fd mixed toward gray.

#a3bbf5

#abbfed

#b3c2e5

#bcc5dc

#c4c9d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9ef · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#a7a4eb · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#9de3e0 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9bb8fd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9bb8fd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#9bb8fd (#9bb8fd) is rgb(155, 184, 253) in RGB.

No, #9bb8fd 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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