#9fa8f0

Color #9fa8f0

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.6 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa8f0

RGB

rgb(159, 168, 240)

HSL

hsl(233.3, 73%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.3, 33.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.8%, 30%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(70.64, 13.41, -37.02)

LCH

lch(70.64, 39.37, 289.91)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.104, 278.12)

HWB

hwb(233.3, 62.4%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0e79f

Analogous

#9fd0f0

#9fa8f0

#be9ff0

Triadic

#9fa8f0

#f09fa8

#a8f09f

Split-complementary

#9fa8f0

#f0be9f

#d0f09f

Tetradic

#9fa8f0

#e79ff0

#f0e79f

#a8f09f

Square

#9fa8f0

#f09fd0

#f0e79f

#9ff0be

Shades

Color #9fa8f0 mixed toward black.

#6574e7

#2c40de

#1b2bac

#121d73

#090e39

Tints

Color #9fa8f0 mixed toward white.

#afb6f2

#bfc5f5

#cfd3f7

#dfe2fa

#eff0fc

Tones

Color #9fa8f0 mixed toward gray.

#a6ade9

#acb2e2

#b3b8dc

#babdd5

#c1c2ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3e1 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#a2a2de · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#9fd5d2 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa8f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa8f0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9fa8f0 (#9fa8f0) is rgb(159, 168, 240) in RGB.

No, #9fa8f0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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