#a9dee2

Color #a9dee2

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 2.25 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9dee2

RGB

rgb(169, 222, 226)

HSL

hsl(184.2, 49.6%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.2, 25.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(85.08, -16.01, -7.5)

LCH

lch(85.08, 17.68, 205.1)

OKLCH

oklch(86.5%, 0.0547, 201.92)

HWB

hwb(184.2, 66.3%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2ada9

Analogous

#a9e2ca

#a9dee2

#a9c2e2

Triadic

#a9dee2

#e2a9de

#dee2a9

Split-complementary

#a9dee2

#e2a9c2

#e2caa9

Tetradic

#a9dee2

#ada9e2

#e2ada9

#dee2a9

Square

#a9dee2

#caa9e2

#e2ada9

#c2e2a9

Shades

Color #a9dee2 mixed toward black.

#78cbd1

#47b8c1

#328d94

#215e63

#112f31

Tints

Color #a9dee2 mixed toward white.

#b7e4e7

#c6e9ec

#d4eff1

#e2f4f5

#f1fafa

Tones

Color #a9dee2 mixed toward gray.

#aedadd

#b3d6d9

#b7d2d4

#bccecf

#c1caca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c3e1 · ΔE 22.1

Deuteranopia

#bfbbe1 · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#ace0e0 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9dee2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9dee2]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a9dee2 (#a9dee2) is rgb(169, 222, 226) in RGB.

No, #a9dee2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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