#9facfa

Color #9facfa

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9facfa

RGB

rgb(159, 172, 250)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 90.1%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 36.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(72.08, 13.77, -40.21)

LCH

lch(72.08, 42.5, 288.9)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.1129, 276.16)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 62.4%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#faed9f

Analogous

#9fdafa

#9facfa

#bf9ffa

Triadic

#9facfa

#fa9fac

#acfa9f

Split-complementary

#9facfa

#fabf9f

#dafa9f

Tetradic

#9facfa

#ed9ffa

#faed9f

#acfa9f

Square

#9facfa

#fa9fda

#faed9f

#9ffabf

Shades

Color #9facfa mixed toward black.

#5e74f7

#1d3cf3

#0a25c2

#071882

#030c41

Tints

Color #9facfa mixed toward white.

#afbafb

#bfc8fc

#cfd6fd

#dfe3fd

#eff1fe

Tones

Color #9facfa mixed toward gray.

#a7b1f2

#aeb7eb

#b6bce3

#bdc2dc

#c5c7d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5ea · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#a4a3e6 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#a0ddda · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9facfa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9facfa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9facfa (#9facfa) is rgb(159, 172, 250) in RGB.

No, #9facfa 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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