#0956e2

Color #0956e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 15.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#0956e2

RGB

rgb(9, 86, 226)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 92.3%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 96%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(96%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(41.54, 34.61, -76.15)

LCH

lch(41.54, 83.65, 294.44)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.2231, 261.83)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 3.5%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e29509

Analogous

#09c3e2

#0956e2

#2909e2

Triadic

#0956e2

#e20956

#56e209

Split-complementary

#0956e2

#e22909

#c3e209

Tetradic

#0956e2

#9509e2

#e29509

#56e209

Square

#0956e2

#e209c3

#e29509

#09e229

Shades

Color #0956e2 mixed toward black.

#0848bc

#063997

#052b71

#031d4b

#020e26

Tints

Color #0956e2 mixed toward white.

#236ef6

#4f8bf8

#7ba8fa

#a7c5fb

#d3e2fd

Tones

Color #0956e2 mixed toward gray.

#1b5bd0

#2d61be

#3f66ac

#516b9a

#637088

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.44:1

White text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3a3acb · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#3630c5 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#15b7b2 · ΔE 44.3

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 29

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #0956e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0956e2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#0956e2 (#0956e2) is rgb(9, 86, 226) in RGB.

No, #0956e2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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