#a9b9f5

Color #a9b9f5

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 18.95 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b9f5

RGB

rgb(169, 185, 245)

HSL

hsl(227.4, 79.2%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.4, 31%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 24.5%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(75.9, 8.01, -31.53)

LCH

lch(75.9, 32.53, 284.25)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.0873, 272.76)

HWB

hwb(227.4, 66.3%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5e5a9

Analogous

#a9dff5

#a9b9f5

#bfa9f5

Triadic

#a9b9f5

#f5a9b9

#b9f5a9

Split-complementary

#a9b9f5

#f5bfa9

#dff5a9

Tetradic

#a9b9f5

#e5a9f5

#f5e5a9

#b9f5a9

Square

#a9b9f5

#f5a9df

#f5e5a9

#a9f5bf

Shades

Color #a9b9f5 mixed toward black.

#6b87ee

#2d54e7

#1638ba

#0e257c

#07133e

Tints

Color #a9b9f5 mixed toward white.

#b7c5f7

#c6d0f8

#d4dcfa

#e2e8fc

#f1f3fd

Tones

Color #a9b9f5 mixed toward gray.

#afbdef

#b6c0e8

#bcc4e2

#c2c8dc

#c9cbd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0e8 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#afaee5 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#aadedb · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 19.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b9f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b9f5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#a9b9f5 (#a9b9f5) is rgb(169, 185, 245) in RGB.

No, #a9b9f5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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