#9fa4e2

Color #9fa4e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa4e2

RGB

rgb(159, 164, 226)

HSL

hsl(235.5, 53.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.5, 29.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.05, 12.11, -31.83)

LCH

lch(69.05, 34.06, 290.83)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0897, 280.41)

HWB

hwb(235.5, 62.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2dd9f

Analogous

#9fc6e2

#9fa4e2

#bc9fe2

Triadic

#9fa4e2

#e29fa4

#a4e29f

Split-complementary

#9fa4e2

#e2bc9f

#c6e29f

Tetradic

#9fa4e2

#dd9fe2

#e2dd9f

#a4e29f

Square

#9fa4e2

#e29fc6

#e2dd9f

#9fe2bc

Shades

Color #9fa4e2 mixed toward black.

#6e75d3

#3c47c4

#2d3494

#1e2363

#0f1131

Tints

Color #9fa4e2 mixed toward white.

#afb3e7

#bfc2ec

#cfd2f1

#dfe1f5

#eff0fa

Tones

Color #9fa4e2 mixed toward gray.

#a5a9dc

#aaaed7

#b0b2d1

#b5b7cc

#bbbcc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1d5 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a1a1d2 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#9fcac8 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa4e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa4e2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9fa4e2 (#9fa4e2) is rgb(159, 164, 226) in RGB.

No, #9fa4e2 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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