#a9c4fa

Color #a9c4fa

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.14 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a9c4fa

RGB

rgb(169, 196, 250)

HSL

hsl(220, 89%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 32.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(78.93, 3.25, -29.55)

LCH

lch(78.93, 29.73, 276.28)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.0821, 263.98)

HWB

hwb(220, 66.3%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fadfa9

Analogous

#a9edfa

#a9c4fa

#b7a9fa

Triadic

#a9c4fa

#faa9c4

#c4faa9

Split-complementary

#a9c4fa

#fab7a9

#edfaa9

Tetradic

#a9c4fa

#dfa9fa

#fadfa9

#c4faa9

Square

#a9c4fa

#faa9ed

#fadfa9

#a9fab7

Shades

Color #a9c4fa mixed toward black.

#6797f6

#256af2

#0c4ac6

#083184

#041942

Tints

Color #a9c4fa mixed toward white.

#b8cefb

#c6d8fc

#d4e2fd

#e2ebfd

#f1f5fe

Tones

Color #a9c4fa mixed toward gray.

#b0c6f3

#b7c9ed

#bdcbe6

#c4cddf

#cbcfd8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6ee · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#b4b2ec · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#aae5e2 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 17.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9c4fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9c4fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9c4fa (#a9c4fa) is rgb(169, 196, 250) in RGB.

No, #a9c4fa 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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