#9aa8f6

Color #9aa8f6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9aa8f6

RGB

rgb(154, 168, 246)

HSL

hsl(230.9, 83.6%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.9, 37.4%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(70.54, 13.64, -40.46)

LCH

lch(70.54, 42.7, 288.63)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1135, 275.56)

HWB

hwb(230.9, 60.4%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6e89a

Analogous

#9ad6f6

#9aa8f6

#ba9af6

Triadic

#9aa8f6

#f69aa8

#a8f69a

Split-complementary

#9aa8f6

#f6ba9a

#d6f69a

Tetradic

#9aa8f6

#e89af6

#f6e89a

#a8f69a

Square

#9aa8f6

#f69ad6

#f6e89a

#9af6ba

Shades

Color #9aa8f6 mixed toward black.

#5d73f1

#203eeb

#102ab8

#0b1c7a

#050e3d

Tints

Color #9aa8f6 mixed toward white.

#abb6f7

#bcc5f9

#ccd3fa

#dde2fc

#eef0fd

Tones

Color #9aa8f6 mixed toward gray.

#a2adee

#a9b3e7

#b1b8df

#b9bdd7

#c0c3d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0e6 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9f9ee2 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#9bd9d6 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9aa8f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9aa8f6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9aa8f6 (#9aa8f6) is rgb(154, 168, 246) in RGB.

No, #9aa8f6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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