#9ea1e8

Color #9ea1e8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.82 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea1e8

RGB

rgb(158, 161, 232)

HSL

hsl(237.6, 61.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.6, 31.9%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.9%, 30.6%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(68.45, 15.03, -36.06)

LCH

lch(68.45, 39.07, 292.63)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.1024, 281.72)

HWB

hwb(237.6, 62%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8e59e

Analogous

#9ec6e8

#9ea1e8

#c09ee8

Triadic

#9ea1e8

#e89ea1

#a1e89e

Split-complementary

#9ea1e8

#e8c09e

#c6e89e

Tetradic

#9ea1e8

#e59ee8

#e8e59e

#a1e89e

Square

#9ea1e8

#e89ec6

#e8e59e

#9ee8c0

Shades

Color #9ea1e8 mixed toward black.

#6a6edc

#353bcf

#252a9e

#191c69

#0c0e35

Tints

Color #9ea1e8 mixed toward white.

#aeb1ec

#bec0f0

#cfd0f4

#dfe0f7

#efeffb

Tones

Color #9ea1e8 mixed toward gray.

#a4a7e2

#aaacdc

#b1b2d6

#b7b8cf

#bdbdc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fda · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9f9fd6 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#9ecdca · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea1e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea1e8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9ea1e8 (#9ea1e8) is rgb(158, 161, 232) in RGB.

No, #9ea1e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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