#9fbed6

Color #9fbed6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9fbed6

RGB

rgb(159, 190, 214)

HSL

hsl(206.2, 40.1%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.2, 25.7%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(75.48, -5.07, -15.47)

LCH

lch(75.48, 16.28, 251.85)

OKLCH

oklch(78.7%, 0.048, 241.51)

HWB

hwb(206.2, 62.4%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6b79f

Analogous

#9fd6d2

#9fbed6

#9fa2d6

Triadic

#9fbed6

#d69fbe

#bed69f

Split-complementary

#9fbed6

#d69fa2

#d6d29f

Tetradic

#9fbed6

#b79fd6

#d6b79f

#bed69f

Square

#9fbed6

#d29fd6

#d6b79f

#a2d69f

Shades

Color #9fbed6 mixed toward black.

#73a0c3

#4a83ae

#386283

#254157

#13212c

Tints

Color #9fbed6 mixed toward white.

#afc9dd

#bfd4e4

#cfdeea

#dfe9f1

#eff4f8

Tones

Color #9fbed6 mixed toward gray.

#a3bdd1

#a8bdcd

#adbcc8

#b1bcc4

#b6bbbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaed1 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#aba9cf · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#a1cccb · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fbed6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fbed6]

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Frequently asked questions

#9fbed6 (#9fbed6) is rgb(159, 190, 214) in RGB.

No, #9fbed6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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