#9c9ada

Color #9c9ada

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.37 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9c9ada

RGB

rgb(156, 154, 218)

HSL

hsl(241.9, 46.4%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.9, 29.4%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(65.94, 14.91, -32.26)

LCH

lch(65.94, 35.54, 294.81)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0926, 285.21)

HWB

hwb(241.9, 60.4%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8da9a

Analogous

#9ab8da

#9c9ada

#bc9ada

Triadic

#9c9ada

#da9c9a

#9ada9c

Split-complementary

#9c9ada

#dabc9a

#b8da9a

Tetradic

#9c9ada

#da9ad8

#d8da9a

#9ada9c

Square

#9c9ada

#da9ab8

#d8da9a

#9adabc

Shades

Color #9c9ada mixed toward black.

#6f6cc9

#4642b5

#353288

#23215b

#12112d

Tints

Color #9c9ada mixed toward white.

#acabe0

#bdbce6

#cdccec

#deddf3

#eeeef9

Tones

Color #9c9ada mixed toward gray.

#a19fd5

#a6a5cf

#abaaca

#b0afc5

#b5b5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bcd · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9b9bca · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#9cc2bf · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c9ada;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c9ada]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9c9ada (#9c9ada) is rgb(156, 154, 218) in RGB.

No, #9c9ada is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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