#9490eb

Color #9490eb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.12 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#9490eb

RGB

rgb(148, 144, 235)

HSL

hsl(242.6, 69.5%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.6, 38.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 38.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(63.54, 22.82, -45.45)

LCH

lch(63.54, 50.86, 296.66)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1317, 284.42)

HWB

hwb(242.6, 56.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7eb90

Analogous

#90baeb

#9490eb

#c190eb

Triadic

#9490eb

#eb9490

#90eb94

Split-complementary

#9490eb

#ebc190

#baeb90

Tetradic

#9490eb

#eb90e7

#e7eb90

#90eb94

Square

#9490eb

#eb90ba

#e7eb90

#90ebc1

Shades

Color #9490eb mixed toward black.

#605ae1

#2e27d6

#231da1

#17136b

#0c0a36

Tints

Color #9490eb mixed toward white.

#a6a2ee

#b8b5f2

#c9c7f5

#dbdaf8

#edecfc

Tones

Color #9490eb mixed toward gray.

#9b98e3

#a29fdc

#a9a7d4

#b0aecd

#b7b6c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292d9 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#9393d5 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#94cac7 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9490eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9490eb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9490eb (#9490eb) is rgb(148, 144, 235) in RGB.

No, #9490eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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