#9fbdec

Color #9fbdec

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.88 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9fbdec

RGB

rgb(159, 189, 236)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 67%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 32.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(75.96, 0.78, -26.64)

LCH

lch(75.96, 26.65, 271.68)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0748, 259.29)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 62.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecce9f

Analogous

#9fe4ec

#9fbdec

#a89fec

Triadic

#9fbdec

#ec9fbd

#bdec9f

Split-complementary

#9fbdec

#eca89f

#e4ec9f

Tetradic

#9fbdec

#ce9fec

#ecce9f

#bdec9f

Square

#9fbdec

#ec9fe4

#ecce9f

#9feca8

Shades

Color #9fbdec mixed toward black.

#6897e1

#3172d6

#2154a5

#16386e

#0b1c37

Tints

Color #9fbdec mixed toward white.

#afc8ef

#bfd3f2

#cfdef6

#dfe9f9

#eff4fc

Tones

Color #9fbdec mixed toward gray.

#a6bfe6

#acc0df

#b2c1d9

#b9c3d2

#bfc4cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adade2 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#aba9df · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#a1d9d7 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fbdec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fbdec]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#9fbdec (#9fbdec) is rgb(159, 189, 236) in RGB.

No, #9fbdec 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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