#9fabd3

Color #9fabd3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.9 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9fabd3

RGB

rgb(159, 171, 211)

HSL

hsl(226.2, 37.1%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.2, 24.6%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 19%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(70.32, 4.56, -21.65)

LCH

lch(70.32, 22.13, 281.89)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0593, 271.84)

HWB

hwb(226.2, 62.4%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3c79f

Analogous

#9fc5d3

#9fabd3

#ad9fd3

Triadic

#9fabd3

#d39fab

#abd39f

Split-complementary

#9fabd3

#d3ad9f

#c5d39f

Tetradic

#9fabd3

#c79fd3

#d3c79f

#abd39f

Square

#9fabd3

#d39fc5

#d3c79f

#9fd3ad

Shades

Color #9fabd3 mixed toward black.

#7586c0

#4e63a9

#3a4a7f

#273154

#13192a

Tints

Color #9fabd3 mixed toward white.

#afb9da

#bfc7e2

#cfd5e9

#dfe3f0

#eff1f8

Tones

Color #9fabd3 mixed toward gray.

#a3adcf

#a8b0ca

#acb2c6

#b0b4c2

#b5b7bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4ca · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#a4a3c8 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#a0c3c1 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fabd3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fabd3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9fabd3 (#9fabd3) is rgb(159, 171, 211) in RGB.

No, #9fabd3 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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