#a9abfd

Color #a9abfd

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.06 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a9abfd

RGB

rgb(169, 171, 253)

HSL

hsl(238.6, 95.5%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.6, 33.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 32.4%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(72.66, 17.8, -40.87)

LCH

lch(72.66, 44.58, 293.53)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.1165, 282.24)

HWB

hwb(238.6, 66.3%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fdfba9

Analogous

#a9d5fd

#a9abfd

#d1a9fd

Triadic

#a9abfd

#fda9ab

#abfda9

Split-complementary

#a9abfd

#fdd1a9

#d5fda9

Tetradic

#a9abfd

#fba9fd

#fdfba9

#abfda9

Square

#a9abfd

#fda9d5

#fdfba9

#a9fdd1

Shades

Color #a9abfd mixed toward black.

#6468fb

#1f24fa

#0509ce

#030689

#020345

Tints

Color #a9abfd mixed toward white.

#b7b9fd

#c6c7fe

#d4d5fe

#e2e3fe

#f1f1ff

Tones

Color #a9abfd mixed toward gray.

#b0b1f6

#b7b8ef

#bebfe8

#c5c5e1

#ccccda

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaed · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#aaaae8 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#a9dedb · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9abfd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9abfd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9abfd (#a9abfd) is rgb(169, 171, 253) in RGB.

No, #a9abfd 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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