#9ea9d6

Color #9ea9d6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.39 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea9d6

RGB

rgb(158, 169, 214)

HSL

hsl(228.2, 40.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.2, 26.2%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 21%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(69.82, 6.08, -24.06)

LCH

lch(69.82, 24.82, 284.18)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0663, 273.98)

HWB

hwb(228.2, 62%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6cb9e

Analogous

#9ec5d6

#9ea9d6

#af9ed6

Triadic

#9ea9d6

#d69ea9

#a9d69e

Split-complementary

#9ea9d6

#d6af9e

#c5d69e

Tetradic

#9ea9d6

#cb9ed6

#d6cb9e

#a9d69e

Square

#9ea9d6

#d69ec5

#d6cb9e

#9ed6af

Shades

Color #9ea9d6 mixed toward black.

#7282c4

#4a5dae

#374683

#252f57

#12172c

Tints

Color #9ea9d6 mixed toward white.

#aeb7dd

#bec6e4

#ced4ea

#dfe2f1

#eff1f8

Tones

Color #9ea9d6 mixed toward gray.

#a3acd1

#a7afcd

#acb1c8

#b1b4c3

#b5b7bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3cc · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a1ca · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#9fc4c2 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea9d6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea9d6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9ea9d6 (#9ea9d6) is rgb(158, 169, 214) in RGB.

No, #9ea9d6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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