#9caccb

Color #9caccb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.05 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9caccb

RGB

rgb(156, 172, 203)

HSL

hsl(219.6, 31.1%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.6, 23.2%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(70.09, 1.21, -17.61)

LCH

lch(70.09, 17.65, 273.93)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0484, 263.59)

HWB

hwb(219.6, 61.2%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbbb9c

Analogous

#9cc3cb

#9caccb

#a49ccb

Triadic

#9caccb

#cb9cac

#accb9c

Split-complementary

#9caccb

#cba49c

#c3cb9c

Tetradic

#9caccb

#bb9ccb

#cbbb9c

#accb9c

Square

#9caccb

#cb9cc3

#cbbb9c

#9ccba4

Shades

Color #9caccb mixed toward black.

#758bb6

#526c9d

#3e5176

#29364e

#151b27

Tints

Color #9caccb mixed toward white.

#adbad4

#bdc8dc

#ced6e5

#dee3ee

#eff1f6

Tones

Color #9caccb mixed toward gray.

#a0adc7

#a4afc3

#a8b0bf

#acb1bb

#b0b2b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3c4 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#a2a1c2 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#9dbebd · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9caccb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9caccb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#9caccb (#9caccb) is rgb(156, 172, 203) in RGB.

No, #9caccb 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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