#a9b8e5

Color #a9b8e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b8e5

RGB

rgb(169, 184, 229)

HSL

hsl(225, 53.6%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 26.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(75.06, 4.68, -24.18)

LCH

lch(75.06, 24.63, 280.95)

OKLCH

oklch(78.7%, 0.0664, 270.43)

HWB

hwb(225, 66.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5d6a9

Analogous

#a9d6e5

#a9b8e5

#b8a9e5

Triadic

#a9b8e5

#e5a9b8

#b8e5a9

Split-complementary

#a9b8e5

#e5b8a9

#d6e5a9

Tetradic

#a9b8e5

#d6a9e5

#e5d6a9

#b8e5a9

Square

#a9b8e5

#e5a9d6

#e5d6a9

#a9e5b8

Shades

Color #a9b8e5 mixed toward black.

#768ed6

#4364c6

#2e4999

#1f3166

#0f1833

Tints

Color #a9b8e5 mixed toward white.

#b7c4e9

#c6d0ee

#d4dbf2

#e2e7f6

#f1f3fb

Tones

Color #a9b8e5 mixed toward gray.

#aebae0

#b3bddb

#b8bfd6

#bdc2d1

#c2c4cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0db · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#afaed9 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#aad3d1 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b8e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b8e5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9b8e5 (#a9b8e5) is rgb(169, 184, 229) in RGB.

No, #a9b8e5 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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