#9ab8ef

Color #9ab8ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9ab8ef

RGB

rgb(154, 184, 239)

HSL

hsl(218.8, 72.6%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.8, 35.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.6%, 23%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(74.43, 2.89, -30.63)

LCH

lch(74.43, 30.77, 275.39)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.0857, 262.29)

HWB

hwb(218.8, 60.4%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efd19a

Analogous

#9ae3ef

#9ab8ef

#a79aef

Triadic

#9ab8ef

#ef9ab8

#b8ef9a

Split-complementary

#9ab8ef

#efa79a

#e3ef9a

Tetradic

#9ab8ef

#d19aef

#efd19a

#b8ef9a

Square

#9ab8ef

#ef9ae3

#efd19a

#9aefa7

Shades

Color #9ab8ef mixed toward black.

#6290e6

#2969dd

#1b4daa

#123471

#091a39

Tints

Color #9ab8ef mixed toward white.

#abc4f2

#bcd0f4

#cddcf7

#dde7fa

#eef3fc

Tones

Color #9ab8ef mixed toward gray.

#a1bae8

#a8bce1

#afbeda

#b6c0d3

#bec3cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8e3 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#a6a4e0 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#9cd9d7 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9ab8ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ab8ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#9ab8ef (#9ab8ef) is rgb(154, 184, 239) in RGB.

No, #9ab8ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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