#9aaaee

Color #9aaaee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.13 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9aaaee

RGB

rgb(154, 170, 238)

HSL

hsl(228.6, 71.2%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.6, 35.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(70.73, 10.4, -35.82)

LCH

lch(70.73, 37.3, 286.19)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0999, 273.62)

HWB

hwb(228.6, 60.4%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eede9a

Analogous

#9ad4ee

#9aaaee

#b49aee

Triadic

#9aaaee

#ee9aaa

#aaee9a

Split-complementary

#9aaaee

#eeb49a

#d4ee9a

Tetradic

#9aaaee

#de9aee

#eede9a

#aaee9a

Square

#9aaaee

#ee9ad4

#eede9a

#9aeeb4

Shades

Color #9aaaee mixed toward black.

#627be5

#2a4cdb

#1c37a8

#132570

#091238

Tints

Color #9aaaee mixed toward white.

#abb8f1

#bcc6f4

#cdd5f7

#dde3f9

#eef1fc

Tones

Color #9aaaee mixed toward gray.

#a1aee7

#a8b3e0

#afb7d9

#b6bbd2

#bdc0cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1e0 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#a09fdc · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#9bd4d1 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9aaaee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9aaaee]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9aaaee (#9aaaee) is rgb(154, 170, 238) in RGB.

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

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