#a9c3f9

Color #a9c3f9

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.45 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9c3f9

RGB

rgb(169, 195, 249)

HSL

hsl(220.5, 87%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.5, 32.1%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(78.64, 3.55, -29.47)

LCH

lch(78.64, 29.68, 276.87)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.0818, 264.6)

HWB

hwb(220.5, 66.3%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9dfa9

Analogous

#a9ebf9

#a9c3f9

#b7a9f9

Triadic

#a9c3f9

#f9a9c3

#c3f9a9

Split-complementary

#a9c3f9

#f9b7a9

#ebf9a9

Tetradic

#a9c3f9

#dfa9f9

#f9dfa9

#c3f9a9

Square

#a9c3f9

#f9a9eb

#f9dfa9

#a9f9b7

Shades

Color #a9c3f9 mixed toward black.

#6896f5

#2768f0

#0e49c4

#093082

#051841

Tints

Color #a9c3f9 mixed toward white.

#b7cdfa

#c6d7fb

#d4e1fc

#e2ebfd

#f1f5fe

Tones

Color #a9c3f9 mixed toward gray.

#b0c5f2

#b6c8ec

#bdcae5

#c4ccde

#cacfd8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5ed · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#b3b1eb · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#aae4e1 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 17.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9c3f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9c3f9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9c3f9 (#a9c3f9) is rgb(169, 195, 249) in RGB.

No, #a9c3f9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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