#9fcef0

Color #9fcef0

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.66 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9fcef0

RGB

rgb(159, 206, 240)

HSL

hsl(205.2, 73%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.2, 33.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(80.63, -7.32, -21.67)

LCH

lch(80.63, 22.87, 251.34)

OKLCH

oklch(83%, 0.0688, 240.08)

HWB

hwb(205.2, 62.4%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0c19f

Analogous

#9ff0e9

#9fcef0

#9fa5f0

Triadic

#9fcef0

#f09fce

#cef09f

Split-complementary

#9fcef0

#f09fa5

#f0e99f

Tetradic

#9fcef0

#c19ff0

#f0c19f

#cef09f

Square

#9fcef0

#e99ff0

#f0c19f

#a5f09f

Shades

Color #9fcef0 mixed toward black.

#65b1e7

#2c93de

#1b6fac

#124a73

#092539

Tints

Color #9fcef0 mixed toward white.

#afd6f2

#bfdef5

#cfe6f7

#dfeffa

#eff7fc

Tones

Color #9fcef0 mixed toward gray.

#a6cde9

#accce2

#b3cbdc

#bacad5

#c1c8ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6e8 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#b3afe6 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#a2e2e1 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9fcef0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fcef0]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#9fcef0 (#9fcef0) is rgb(159, 206, 240) in RGB.

No, #9fcef0 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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