#9fb9e6

Color #9fb9e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.16 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9fb9e6

RGB

rgb(159, 185, 230)

HSL

hsl(218, 58.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 30.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(74.69, 1.46, -25.35)

LCH

lch(74.69, 25.39, 273.3)

OKLCH

oklch(78.2%, 0.0706, 261.28)

HWB

hwb(218, 62.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6cc9f

Analogous

#9fdde6

#9fb9e6

#a99fe6

Triadic

#9fb9e6

#e69fb9

#b9e69f

Split-complementary

#9fb9e6

#e6a99f

#dde69f

Tetradic

#9fb9e6

#cc9fe6

#e6cc9f

#b9e69f

Square

#9fb9e6

#e69fdd

#e6cc9f

#9fe6a9

Shades

Color #9fb9e6 mixed toward black.

#6c94d9

#386ecb

#28529a

#1b3767

#0d1b33

Tints

Color #9fb9e6 mixed toward white.

#afc5ea

#bfd0ee

#cfdcf3

#dfe8f7

#eff3fb

Tones

Color #9fb9e6 mixed toward gray.

#a5bbe0

#abbcda

#b1bed4

#b7bfce

#bdc1c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababdc · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#a9a7da · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#a0d4d2 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 16.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9fb9e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fb9e6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#9fb9e6 (#9fb9e6) is rgb(159, 185, 230) in RGB.

No, #9fb9e6 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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