#9dc1fa

Color #9dc1fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9dc1fa

RGB

rgb(157, 193, 250)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 90.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 37.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(77.4, 1.62, -31.96)

LCH

lch(77.4, 32, 272.9)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.0901, 259.45)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 61.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fad69d

Analogous

#9deffa

#9dc1fa

#a89dfa

Triadic

#9dc1fa

#fa9dc1

#c1fa9d

Split-complementary

#9dc1fa

#faa89d

#effa9d

Tetradic

#9dc1fa

#d69dfa

#fad69d

#c1fa9d

Square

#9dc1fa

#fa9def

#fad69d

#9dfaa8

Shades

Color #9dc1fa mixed toward black.

#5c98f7

#1c6ff3

#0a51c2

#073681

#031b41

Tints

Color #9dc1fa mixed toward white.

#adcbfb

#bed6fc

#cee0fd

#deeafd

#eff5fe

Tones

Color #9dc1fa mixed toward gray.

#a5c3f2

#acc4ea

#b4c6e3

#bcc8db

#c4cad3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaeee · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#aca9eb · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#9fe4e1 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 18.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9dc1fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9dc1fa]

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

#9dc1fa (#9dc1fa) is rgb(157, 193, 250) in RGB.

No, #9dc1fa 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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