#9fa9ee

Color #9fa9ee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.55 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa9ee

RGB

rgb(159, 169, 238)

HSL

hsl(232.4, 69.9%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.4, 33.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(70.81, 12.34, -35.66)

LCH

lch(70.81, 37.73, 289.09)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0999, 277.36)

HWB

hwb(232.4, 62.4%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eee49f

Analogous

#9fd0ee

#9fa9ee

#bc9fee

Triadic

#9fa9ee

#ee9fa9

#a9ee9f

Split-complementary

#9fa9ee

#eebc9f

#d0ee9f

Tetradic

#9fa9ee

#e49fee

#eee49f

#a9ee9f

Square

#9fa9ee

#ee9fd0

#eee49f

#9feebc

Shades

Color #9fa9ee mixed toward black.

#6777e4

#2e44da

#1e2fa9

#142070

#0a1038

Tints

Color #9fa9ee mixed toward white.

#afb7f1

#bfc6f4

#cfd4f6

#dfe2f9

#eff1fc

Tones

Color #9fa9ee mixed toward gray.

#a5aee7

#acb3e1

#b3b8da

#b9bdd4

#c0c1cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4e0 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a3a2dc · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#a0d4d1 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa9ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa9ee]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9fa9ee (#9fa9ee) is rgb(159, 169, 238) in RGB.

No, #9fa9ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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