#9cabff

Color #9cabff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.83 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9cabff

RGB

rgb(156, 171, 255)

HSL

hsl(230.9, 100%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.9, 38.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.8%, 32.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(71.83, 14.87, -43.31)

LCH

lch(71.83, 45.79, 288.95)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.1217, 275.42)

HWB

hwb(230.9, 61.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fff09c

Analogous

#9cddff

#9cabff

#bf9cff

Triadic

#9cabff

#ff9cab

#abff9c

Split-complementary

#9cabff

#ffbf9c

#ddff9c

Tetradic

#9cabff

#f09cff

#fff09c

#abff9c

Square

#9cabff

#ff9cdd

#fff09c

#9cffbf

Shades

Color #9cabff mixed toward black.

#5871ff

#1337ff

#001fce

#001589

#000a45

Tints

Color #9cabff mixed toward white.

#adb9ff

#bdc7ff

#ced5ff

#dee3ff

#eff1ff

Tones

Color #9cabff mixed toward gray.

#a4b1f7

#adb7ef

#b5bce6

#bdc2de

#c5c8d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3ee · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#a2a1ea · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#9de0dc · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 22.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9cabff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9cabff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9cabff (#9cabff) is rgb(156, 171, 255) in RGB.

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

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