#948ec5

Color #948ec5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.83 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#948ec5

RGB

rgb(148, 142, 197)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 32.2%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 27.9%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(61.37, 14.2, -27.66)

LCH

lch(61.37, 31.09, 297.17)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0807, 289.02)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 55.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfc58e

Analogous

#8ea4c5

#948ec5

#b08ec5

Triadic

#948ec5

#c5948e

#8ec594

Split-complementary

#948ec5

#c5b08e

#a4c58e

Tetradic

#948ec5

#c58ebf

#bfc58e

#8ec594

Square

#948ec5

#c58ea4

#bfc58e

#8ec5b0

Shades

Color #948ec5 mixed toward black.

#7169b2

#554d95

#3f3970

#2a264b

#151325

Tints

Color #948ec5 mixed toward white.

#a6a1cf

#b8b4d8

#cac7e2

#dbd9ec

#edecf5

Tones

Color #948ec5 mixed toward gray.

#9893c0

#9b97bc

#9f9cb7

#a2a0b3

#a6a5ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191ba · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#9292b7 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#94b0ae · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #948ec5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#948ec5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#948ec5 (#948ec5) is rgb(148, 142, 197) in RGB.

No, #948ec5 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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