#9ac9ce

Color #9ac9ce

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 7.82 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9ac9ce

RGB

rgb(154, 201, 206)

HSL

hsl(185.8, 34.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.8, 25.2%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(77.93, -14.18, -7.51)

LCH

lch(77.93, 16.05, 207.91)

OKLCH

oklch(80.4%, 0.0497, 204.35)

HWB

hwb(185.8, 60.4%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce9f9a

Analogous

#9aceb9

#9ac9ce

#9aafce

Triadic

#9ac9ce

#ce9ac9

#c9ce9a

Split-complementary

#9ac9ce

#ce9aaf

#ceb99a

Tetradic

#9ac9ce

#9f9ace

#ce9f9a

#c9ce9a

Square

#9ac9ce

#b99ace

#ce9f9a

#afce9a

Shades

Color #9ac9ce mixed toward black.

#72b3ba

#4e9aa2

#3b7379

#274d51

#142628

Tints

Color #9ac9ce mixed toward white.

#abd2d6

#bcdbde

#cde4e7

#ddedef

#eef6f7

Tones

Color #9ac9ce mixed toward gray.

#9ec6ca

#a3c2c5

#a7bfc1

#abbbbd

#b0b8b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1cd · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#aeaacd · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#9dcccc · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ac9ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ac9ce]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9ac9ce (#9ac9ce) is rgb(154, 201, 206) in RGB.

No, #9ac9ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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