#9dadd5

Color #9dadd5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.28 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9dadd5

RGB

rgb(157, 173, 213)

HSL

hsl(222.9, 40%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.9, 26.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(70.77, 3.32, -22.07)

LCH

lch(70.77, 22.32, 278.55)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0605, 267.82)

HWB

hwb(222.9, 61.6%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5c59d

Analogous

#9dc9d5

#9dadd5

#a99dd5

Triadic

#9dadd5

#d59dad

#add59d

Split-complementary

#9dadd5

#d5a99d

#c9d59d

Tetradic

#9dadd5

#c59dd5

#d5c59d

#add59d

Square

#9dadd5

#d59dc9

#d5c59d

#9dd5a9

Shades

Color #9dadd5 mixed toward black.

#7289c2

#4a66ad

#374d81

#253356

#121a2b

Tints

Color #9dadd5 mixed toward white.

#adbbdc

#bec8e3

#ced6ea

#dee4f1

#eff1f8

Tones

Color #9dadd5 mixed toward gray.

#a2afd0

#a6b1cc

#abb3c7

#b0b5c2

#b4b7be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4cc · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#a3a2ca · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#9ec5c3 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9dadd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9dadd5]

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

#9dadd5 (#9dadd5) is rgb(157, 173, 213) in RGB.

No, #9dadd5 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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