#a9bae6

Color #a9bae6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a9bae6

RGB

rgb(169, 186, 230)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 55%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 26.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(75.62, 3.83, -23.87)

LCH

lch(75.62, 24.18, 279.12)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0655, 268.34)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 66.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6d5a9

Analogous

#a9d8e6

#a9bae6

#b6a9e6

Triadic

#a9bae6

#e6a9ba

#bae6a9

Split-complementary

#a9bae6

#e6b6a9

#d8e6a9

Tetradic

#a9bae6

#d5a9e6

#e6d5a9

#bae6a9

Square

#a9bae6

#e6a9d8

#e6d5a9

#a9e6b6

Shades

Color #a9bae6 mixed toward black.

#7591d7

#4267c8

#2d4b9b

#1e3267

#0f1934

Tints

Color #a9bae6 mixed toward white.

#b7c5ea

#c6d1ee

#d4dcf2

#e2e8f7

#f1f3fb

Tones

Color #a9bae6 mixed toward gray.

#aebce1

#b3bedc

#b8c1d7

#bdc3d2

#c2c5cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1dc · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#b0aeda · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#aad4d3 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 15.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9bae6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9bae6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9bae6 (#a9bae6) is rgb(169, 186, 230) in RGB.

No, #a9bae6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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