#9ea5da

Color #9ea5da

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 18.89 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea5da

RGB

rgb(158, 165, 218)

HSL

hsl(233, 44.8%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233, 27.5%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(68.92, 9.28, -27.64)

LCH

lch(68.92, 29.16, 288.56)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.077, 278.51)

HWB

hwb(233, 62%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dad39e

Analogous

#9ec3da

#9ea5da

#b59eda

Triadic

#9ea5da

#da9ea5

#a5da9e

Split-complementary

#9ea5da

#dab59e

#c3da9e

Tetradic

#9ea5da

#d39eda

#dad39e

#a5da9e

Square

#9ea5da

#da9ec3

#dad39e

#9edab5

Shades

Color #9ea5da mixed toward black.

#717bc9

#4552b5

#343e88

#23295b

#11152d

Tints

Color #9ea5da mixed toward white.

#aeb4e0

#bec3e6

#ced2ec

#dfe1f3

#eff0f9

Tones

Color #9ea5da mixed toward gray.

#a3a9d5

#a8add0

#adb0cb

#b2b4c6

#b7b8c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1cf · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#a1a0cc · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#9ec5c3 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea5da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea5da]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9ea5da (#9ea5da) is rgb(158, 165, 218) in RGB.

No, #9ea5da is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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