#a9c4ed

Color #a9c4ed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.19 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9c4ed

RGB

rgb(169, 196, 237)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 65.4%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 28.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(78.48, 0.09, -23.28)

LCH

lch(78.48, 23.28, 270.22)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.0652, 258.59)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 66.3%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edd2a9

Analogous

#a9e6ed

#a9c4ed

#b0a9ed

Triadic

#a9c4ed

#eda9c4

#c4eda9

Split-complementary

#a9c4ed

#edb0a9

#e6eda9

Tetradic

#a9c4ed

#d2a9ed

#edd2a9

#c4eda9

Square

#a9c4ed

#eda9e6

#edd2a9

#a9edb0

Shades

Color #a9c4ed mixed toward black.

#719ee1

#3977d6

#2358a8

#173b70

#0c1d38

Tints

Color #a9c4ed mixed toward white.

#b7cef0

#c6d8f3

#d4e1f6

#e2ebf9

#f1f5fc

Tones

Color #a9c4ed mixed toward gray.

#afc5e7

#b4c6e2

#bac7dc

#c0c9d6

#c5cad1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6e4 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#b4b2e2 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#aadcdb · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 15.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9c4ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9c4ed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9c4ed (#a9c4ed) is rgb(169, 196, 237) in RGB.

No, #a9c4ed 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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