#a9c8fb

Color #a9c8fb

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9c8fb

RGB

rgb(169, 200, 251)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 91.1%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 32.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(80.01, 1.34, -28.43)

LCH

lch(80.01, 28.46, 272.7)

OKLCH

oklch(82.8%, 0.0796, 260.23)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 66.3%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbdca9

Analogous

#a9f1fb

#a9c8fb

#b3a9fb

Triadic

#a9c8fb

#fba9c8

#c8fba9

Split-complementary

#a9c8fb

#fbb3a9

#f1fba9

Tetradic

#a9c8fb

#dca9fb

#fbdca9

#c8fba9

Square

#a9c8fb

#fba9f1

#fbdca9

#a9fbb3

Shades

Color #a9c8fb mixed toward black.

#669df8

#2373f5

#0952c9

#063786

#031b43

Tints

Color #a9c8fb mixed toward white.

#b8d1fc

#c6dafc

#d4e4fd

#e2edfe

#f1f6fe

Tones

Color #a9c8fb mixed toward gray.

#b0caf4

#b7cbed

#becde7

#c4cfe0

#cbd0d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b8f0 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#b5b3ed · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#abe7e5 · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 17.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9c8fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9c8fb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9c8fb (#a9c8fb) is rgb(169, 200, 251) in RGB.

No, #a9c8fb 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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