#9fcde8

Color #9fcde8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.89 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9fcde8

RGB

rgb(159, 205, 232)

HSL

hsl(202.2, 61.3%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.2, 31.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(80.1, -8.74, -18.2)

LCH

lch(80.1, 20.19, 244.35)

OKLCH

oklch(82.5%, 0.0615, 234.27)

HWB

hwb(202.2, 62.4%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8ba9f

Analogous

#9fe8df

#9fcde8

#9fa9e8

Triadic

#9fcde8

#e89fcd

#cde89f

Split-complementary

#9fcde8

#e89fa9

#e8df9f

Tetradic

#9fcde8

#ba9fe8

#e8ba9f

#cde89f

Square

#9fcde8

#df9fe8

#e8ba9f

#a9e89f

Shades

Color #9fcde8 mixed toward black.

#6bb2db

#3696cf

#26719e

#194c69

#0d2635

Tints

Color #9fcde8 mixed toward white.

#afd5ec

#bfdef0

#cfe6f4

#dfeef7

#eff7fb

Tones

Color #9fcde8 mixed toward gray.

#a5cbe2

#abcadc

#b1c8d6

#b7c7d0

#bec5ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5e2 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#b2aee0 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#a2dddc · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fcde8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fcde8]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#9fcde8 (#9fcde8) is rgb(159, 205, 232) in RGB.

No, #9fcde8 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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