#9cbdca

Color #9cbdca

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9cbdca

RGB

rgb(156, 189, 202)

HSL

hsl(197, 30.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197, 22.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(74.65, -8.2, -10.22)

LCH

lch(74.65, 13.1, 231.26)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0402, 223.79)

HWB

hwb(197, 61.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa99c

Analogous

#9ccac0

#9cbdca

#9ca6ca

Triadic

#9cbdca

#ca9cbd

#bdca9c

Split-complementary

#9cbdca

#ca9ca6

#cac09c

Tetradic

#9cbdca

#a99cca

#caa99c

#bdca9c

Square

#9cbdca

#c09cca

#caa99c

#a6ca9c

Shades

Color #9cbdca mixed toward black.

#75a3b5

#53879c

#3e6575

#2a444e

#152227

Tints

Color #9cbdca mixed toward white.

#acc8d3

#bdd3dc

#cddee5

#dee9ed

#eef4f6

Tones

Color #9cbdca mixed toward gray.

#a0bbc6

#a4bac2

#a7b8bf

#abb6bb

#afb5b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abacc7 · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#a9a7c6 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#9ec5c4 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9cbdca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9cbdca]

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Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#9cbdca (#9cbdca) is rgb(156, 189, 202) in RGB.

No, #9cbdca 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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