#9ca4e7

Color #9ca4e7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.62 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca4e7

RGB

rgb(156, 164, 231)

HSL

hsl(233.6, 61%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.6, 32.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(69.03, 12.52, -34.62)

LCH

lch(69.03, 36.81, 289.88)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0973, 278.46)

HWB

hwb(233.6, 61.2%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7df9c

Analogous

#9ccae7

#9ca4e7

#ba9ce7

Triadic

#9ca4e7

#e79ca4

#a4e79c

Split-complementary

#9ca4e7

#e7ba9c

#cae79c

Tetradic

#9ca4e7

#df9ce7

#e7df9c

#a4e79c

Square

#9ca4e7

#e79cca

#e7df9c

#9ce7ba

Shades

Color #9ca4e7 mixed toward black.

#6874da

#3445ce

#26329c

#192268

#0d1134

Tints

Color #9ca4e7 mixed toward white.

#adb3eb

#bdc2ef

#ced2f3

#dee1f7

#eff0fb

Tones

Color #9ca4e7 mixed toward gray.

#a2a9e1

#a9aedb

#afb3d4

#b5b8ce

#bbbdc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0d9 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9f9ed6 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#9ccdcb · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca4e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca4e7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9ca4e7 (#9ca4e7) is rgb(156, 164, 231) in RGB.

No, #9ca4e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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