#9fbad5

Color #9fbad5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.69 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9fbad5

RGB

rgb(159, 186, 213)

HSL

hsl(210, 39.1%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 25.4%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(74.38, -3.16, -16.59)

LCH

lch(74.38, 16.89, 259.22)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0487, 248.44)

HWB

hwb(210, 62.4%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5ba9f

Analogous

#9fd5d5

#9fbad5

#9f9fd5

Triadic

#9fbad5

#d59fba

#bad59f

Split-complementary

#9fbad5

#d59f9f

#d5d59f

Tetradic

#9fbad5

#ba9fd5

#d5ba9f

#bad59f

Square

#9fbad5

#d59fd5

#d5ba9f

#9fd59f

Shades

Color #9fbad5 mixed toward black.

#749bc2

#4b7cac

#395d81

#263e56

#131f2b

Tints

Color #9fbad5 mixed toward white.

#afc5dc

#bfd1e3

#cfdcea

#dfe8f1

#eff3f8

Tones

Color #9fbad5 mixed toward gray.

#a3bad0

#a8bacc

#acbac7

#b1bac3

#b5babe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abaccf · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#aaa8cd · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#a0cac9 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fbad5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fbad5]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#9fbad5 (#9fbad5) is rgb(159, 186, 213) in RGB.

No, #9fbad5 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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