#9eaeeb

Color #9eaeeb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9eaeeb

RGB

rgb(158, 174, 235)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 65.8%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 32.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.8%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(71.92, 8.5, -32.32)

LCH

lch(71.92, 33.42, 284.73)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0897, 272.75)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 62%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebdb9e

Analogous

#9ed5eb

#9eaeeb

#b59eeb

Triadic

#9eaeeb

#eb9eae

#aeeb9e

Split-complementary

#9eaeeb

#ebb59e

#d5eb9e

Tetradic

#9eaeeb

#db9eeb

#ebdb9e

#aeeb9e

Square

#9eaeeb

#eb9ed5

#ebdb9e

#9eebb5

Shades

Color #9eaeeb mixed toward black.

#6881e0

#3254d5

#223da3

#16286d

#0b1436

Tints

Color #9eaeeb mixed toward white.

#aebcee

#bec9f2

#cfd7f5

#dfe4f8

#eff2fc

Tones

Color #9eaeeb mixed toward gray.

#a5b2e5

#abb6de

#b1b9d8

#b8bdd1

#bec1cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5de · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#a4a3db · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#9fd3d1 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9eaeeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9eaeeb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9eaeeb (#9eaeeb) is rgb(158, 174, 235) in RGB.

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

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