#9ea3bd

Color #9ea3bd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.18 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea3bd

RGB

rgb(158, 163, 189)

HSL

hsl(230.3, 19%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.3, 16.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(67.38, 3.64, -13.95)

LCH

lch(67.38, 14.42, 284.62)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0381, 276.79)

HWB

hwb(230.3, 62%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdb89e

Analogous

#9eb2bd

#9ea3bd

#a89ebd

Triadic

#9ea3bd

#bd9ea3

#a3bd9e

Split-complementary

#9ea3bd

#bda89e

#b2bd9e

Tetradic

#9ea3bd

#b89ebd

#bdb89e

#a3bd9e

Square

#9ea3bd

#bd9eb2

#bdb89e

#9ebda8

Shades

Color #9ea3bd mixed toward black.

#7c82a5

#5e658a

#464c67

#2f3245

#171922

Tints

Color #9ea3bd mixed toward white.

#aeb2c8

#bec2d3

#ced1de

#dfe0e9

#eff0f4

Tones

Color #9ea3bd mixed toward gray.

#a0a5ba

#a3a6b8

#a6a8b5

#a8aab3

#abacb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0b7 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#a0a0b6 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#9eb2b1 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea3bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea3bd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9ea3bd (#9ea3bd) is rgb(158, 163, 189) in RGB.

No, #9ea3bd 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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