#9caeca

Color #9caeca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.01 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9caeca

RGB

rgb(156, 174, 202)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 30.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 22.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(70.6, -0.12, -16.3)

LCH

lch(70.6, 16.3, 269.58)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0452, 259.16)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 61.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cab89c

Analogous

#9cc5ca

#9caeca

#a19cca

Triadic

#9caeca

#ca9cae

#aeca9c

Split-complementary

#9caeca

#caa19c

#c5ca9c

Tetradic

#9caeca

#b89cca

#cab89c

#aeca9c

Square

#9caeca

#ca9cc5

#cab89c

#9ccaa1

Shades

Color #9caeca mixed toward black.

#758eb5

#53709c

#3e5475

#2a384e

#151c27

Tints

Color #9caeca mixed toward white.

#acbcd3

#bdc9dc

#cdd7e5

#dee4ed

#eef2f6

Tones

Color #9caeca mixed toward gray.

#a0afc6

#a4b0c2

#a7b1bf

#abb1bb

#afb2b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4c4 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#a3a2c2 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#9dbfbd · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 11.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9caeca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9caeca]

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

#9caeca (#9caeca) is rgb(156, 174, 202) in RGB.

No, #9caeca 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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