#9eb6f9

Color #9eb6f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.53 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#9eb6f9

RGB

rgb(158, 182, 249)

HSL

hsl(224.2, 88.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.2, 36.5%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(74.55, 7.66, -35.83)

LCH

lch(74.55, 36.64, 282.07)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0997, 268.85)

HWB

hwb(224.2, 62%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9e19e

Analogous

#9ee3f9

#9eb6f9

#b49ef9

Triadic

#9eb6f9

#f99eb6

#b6f99e

Split-complementary

#9eb6f9

#f9b49e

#e3f99e

Tetradic

#9eb6f9

#e19ef9

#f9e19e

#b6f99e

Square

#9eb6f9

#f99ee3

#f9e19e

#9ef9b4

Shades

Color #9eb6f9 mixed toward black.

#5e86f5

#1e56f1

#0c3bc0

#082780

#041440

Tints

Color #9eb6f9 mixed toward white.

#aec2fa

#becefb

#cfdafc

#dfe7fd

#eff3fe

Tones

Color #9eb6f9 mixed toward gray.

#a6baf1

#adbdea

#b5c1e2

#bcc4db

#c4c8d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9eb · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#a8a6e8 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#9fdfdd · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9eb6f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9eb6f9]

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

#9eb6f9 (#9eb6f9) is rgb(158, 182, 249) in RGB.

No, #9eb6f9 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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