#9eade6

Color #9eade6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 18.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9eade6

RGB

rgb(158, 173, 230)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 59%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 31.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(71.47, 7.79, -30.3)

LCH

lch(71.47, 31.29, 284.42)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0839, 272.87)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 62%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6d79e

Analogous

#9ed1e6

#9eade6

#b39ee6

Triadic

#9eade6

#e69ead

#ade69e

Split-complementary

#9eade6

#e6b39e

#d1e69e

Tetradic

#9eade6

#d79ee6

#e6d79e

#ade69e

Square

#9eade6

#e69ed1

#e6d79e

#9ee6b3

Shades

Color #9eade6 mixed toward black.

#6b82d9

#3756cb

#28409a

#1b2a67

#0d1533

Tints

Color #9eade6 mixed toward white.

#aebbea

#bec8ee

#cfd6f3

#dfe4f7

#eff1fb

Tones

Color #9eade6 mixed toward gray.

#a4b1e0

#aab4da

#b0b8d4

#b6bbce

#bcbfc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5da · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#a4a3d7 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#9fd0ce · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 18.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9eade6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9eade6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9eade6 (#9eade6) is rgb(158, 173, 230) in RGB.

No, #9eade6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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