#9fa9d7

Color #9fa9d7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.84 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa9d7

RGB

rgb(159, 169, 215)

HSL

hsl(229.3, 41.2%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.3, 26%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 21.4%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(69.93, 6.62, -24.44)

LCH

lch(69.93, 25.32, 285.16)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0675, 275.1)

HWB

hwb(229.3, 62.4%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7cd9f

Analogous

#9fc5d7

#9fa9d7

#b19fd7

Triadic

#9fa9d7

#d79fa9

#a9d79f

Split-complementary

#9fa9d7

#d7b19f

#c5d79f

Tetradic

#9fa9d7

#cd9fd7

#d7cd9f

#a9d79f

Square

#9fa9d7

#d79fc5

#d7cd9f

#9fd7b1

Shades

Color #9fa9d7 mixed toward black.

#7381c5

#495cb0

#374584

#252e58

#12172c

Tints

Color #9fa9d7 mixed toward white.

#afb7de

#bfc6e4

#cfd4eb

#dfe2f2

#eff1f8

Tones

Color #9fa9d7 mixed toward gray.

#a4acd2

#a8afce

#adb2c9

#b2b5c4

#b6b8c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4cd · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a3a2cb · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#a0c5c3 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 16.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa9d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa9d7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9fa9d7 (#9fa9d7) is rgb(159, 169, 215) in RGB.

No, #9fa9d7 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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