#a9bcdb

Color #a9bcdb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.93 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a9bcdb

RGB

rgb(169, 188, 219)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 41%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 22.8%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(75.77, 0.18, -17.68)

LCH

lch(75.77, 17.68, 270.58)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0489, 260.23)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 66.3%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbc8a9

Analogous

#a9d5db

#a9bcdb

#afa9db

Triadic

#a9bcdb

#dba9bc

#bcdba9

Split-complementary

#a9bcdb

#dbafa9

#d5dba9

Tetradic

#a9bcdb

#c8a9db

#dbc8a9

#bcdba9

Square

#a9bcdb

#dba9d5

#dbc8a9

#a9dbaf

Shades

Color #a9bcdb mixed toward black.

#7b99c8

#4e75b5

#395789

#263a5b

#131d2e

Tints

Color #a9bcdb mixed toward white.

#b7c7e1

#c6d2e7

#d4deed

#e2e9f3

#f1f4f9

Tones

Color #a9bcdb mixed toward gray.

#adbdd7

#b1bed3

#b6bfcf

#bac0ca

#bec1c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2d4 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#b0afd2 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#aacecd · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 12.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9bcdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9bcdb]

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

#a9bcdb (#a9bcdb) is rgb(169, 188, 219) in RGB.

No, #a9bcdb 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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