#9ebde2

Color #9ebde2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.31 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9ebde2

RGB

rgb(158, 189, 226)

HSL

hsl(212.6, 54%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.6, 30.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(75.55, -1.97, -21.88)

LCH

lch(75.55, 21.97, 264.86)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0628, 253.06)

HWB

hwb(212.6, 62%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2c39e

Analogous

#9edfe2

#9ebde2

#a19ee2

Triadic

#9ebde2

#e29ebd

#bde29e

Split-complementary

#9ebde2

#e2a19e

#dfe29e

Tetradic

#9ebde2

#c39ee2

#e2c39e

#bde29e

Square

#9ebde2

#e29edf

#e2c39e

#9ee2a1

Shades

Color #9ebde2 mixed toward black.

#6d9cd3

#3b7ac5

#2c5c94

#1d3d63

#0f1f31

Tints

Color #9ebde2 mixed toward white.

#aec8e7

#bed3ec

#cfdef1

#dfe9f5

#eff4fa

Tones

Color #9ebde2 mixed toward gray.

#a4bedc

#a9bed7

#afbfd1

#b5bfcb

#bac0c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acadda · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#aaa8d8 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#a0d3d1 · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ebde2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ebde2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#9ebde2 (#9ebde2) is rgb(158, 189, 226) in RGB.

No, #9ebde2 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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