#9ebde3

Color #9ebde3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9ebde3

RGB

rgb(158, 189, 227)

HSL

hsl(213, 55.2%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213, 30.4%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(75.58, -1.73, -22.37)

LCH

lch(75.58, 22.44, 265.58)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.064, 253.75)

HWB

hwb(213, 62%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3c49e

Analogous

#9ee0e3

#9ebde3

#a19ee3

Triadic

#9ebde3

#e39ebd

#bde39e

Split-complementary

#9ebde3

#e3a19e

#e0e39e

Tetradic

#9ebde3

#c49ee3

#e3c49e

#bde39e

Square

#9ebde3

#e39ee0

#e3c49e

#9ee3a1

Shades

Color #9ebde3 mixed toward black.

#6c9bd5

#3a79c6

#2b5b95

#1d3d64

#0e1e32

Tints

Color #9ebde3 mixed toward white.

#aec8e8

#bed3ec

#cfdef1

#dfe9f6

#eff4fa

Tones

Color #9ebde3 mixed toward gray.

#a4bedd

#aabed8

#afbfd2

#b5bfcc

#bbc0c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaddb · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#aaa8d9 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#a0d4d2 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ebde3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ebde3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#9ebde3 (#9ebde3) is rgb(158, 189, 227) in RGB.

No, #9ebde3 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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