#9ca7e9

Color #9ca7e9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.02 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca7e9

RGB

rgb(156, 167, 233)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 63.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 33%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 28.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(69.89, 11.34, -34.39)

LCH

lch(69.89, 36.21, 288.25)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0961, 276.51)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 61.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9de9c

Analogous

#9ccee9

#9ca7e9

#b89ce9

Triadic

#9ca7e9

#e99ca7

#a7e99c

Split-complementary

#9ca7e9

#e9b89c

#cee99c

Tetradic

#9ca7e9

#de9ce9

#e9de9c

#a7e99c

Square

#9ca7e9

#e99cce

#e9de9c

#9ce9b8

Shades

Color #9ca7e9 mixed toward black.

#6778dd

#3249d1

#23359f

#18236a

#0c1235

Tints

Color #9ca7e9 mixed toward white.

#adb6ed

#bdc4f0

#ced3f4

#dee2f8

#eff0fb

Tones

Color #9ca7e9 mixed toward gray.

#a3ace3

#a9b0dc

#afb5d6

#b6b9cf

#bcbec9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1db · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#a09fd8 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#9dd0cd · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca7e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca7e9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9ca7e9 (#9ca7e9) is rgb(156, 167, 233) in RGB.

No, #9ca7e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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