#a9c9fb

Color #a9c9fb

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9c9fb

RGB

rgb(169, 201, 251)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 91.1%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 32.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(80.28, 0.81, -28.03)

LCH

lch(80.28, 28.04, 271.66)

OKLCH

oklch(83%, 0.0787, 259.23)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 66.3%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbdba9

Analogous

#a9f2fb

#a9c9fb

#b2a9fb

Triadic

#a9c9fb

#fba9c9

#c9fba9

Split-complementary

#a9c9fb

#fbb2a9

#f2fba9

Tetradic

#a9c9fb

#dba9fb

#fbdba9

#c9fba9

Square

#a9c9fb

#fba9f2

#fbdba9

#a9fbb2

Shades

Color #a9c9fb mixed toward black.

#669ff8

#2375f5

#0954c9

#063886

#031c43

Tints

Color #a9c9fb mixed toward white.

#b8d2fc

#c6dbfc

#d4e4fd

#e2edfe

#f1f6fe

Tones

Color #a9c9fb mixed toward gray.

#b0cbf4

#b7cced

#becee7

#c4cfe0

#cbd1d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8f0 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#b6b3ed · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#abe7e5 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 17.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9c9fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9c9fb]

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

#a9c9fb (#a9c9fb) is rgb(169, 201, 251) in RGB.

No, #a9c9fb 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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