Light Steel Blue (Blue)

#9FAEFA

RGB: 159, 174, 250

Color OverviewHEX #9FAEFA

#9FAEFA Color Code Information

In the RGB color space, #9FAEFA is composed of 62% red, 68% green, and 98% blue. In the HSL color space, it has a hue of 230°, saturation of 90%, and lightness of 80%.

HEX

#9FAEFA

RGB

159, 174, 250

HSL

230°, 90%, 80%

HSV

230°, 36%, 98%

CMYK

36%, 30%, 0%, 2%

Name Match

Light Steel Blue

Closest Standard

Shades of #9FAEFA (Darker Variations)

Shades are created by progressively mixing the base color with black.

Tints of #9FAEFA (Lighter Variations)

Tints are created by progressively mixing the base color with pure white.

Tones of #9FAEFA (Muted Variations)

Tones are created by mixing the base color with true neutral gray.

Color Harmonies for #9FAEFA

Calculated color schemes based on classic color wheel angles for graphic and web design.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split Complementary

Monochromatic

WCAG Accessibility Contrast Ratios

Verification against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) standards for web text readability.

Sample Text on #9FAEFA Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure White (#FFFFFF):2.12 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Sample Text on #9FAEFA Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure Black (#000000):9.91 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Developer Code Snippets & Tailwind CSS

CSS Variables & Declarations

:root {
  --color-brand: #9FAEFA;
}

.element {
  color: #9FAEFA;
  background-color: #9FAEFA;
  border-color: #9FAEFA;
}

Tailwind CSS v4 Utility Classes

<!-- Tailwind Arbitrary Values -->
<div className="bg-[#9FAEFA] text-[#9FAEFA] border-[#9FAEFA]">
  Content styled with #9FAEFA
</div>