#9494cd

Color #9494cd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.19 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9494cd

RGB

rgb(148, 148, 205)

HSL

hsl(240, 36.3%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 27.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(63.25, 12.73, -29.24)

LCH

lch(63.25, 31.89, 293.53)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0834, 284.02)

HWB

hwb(240, 58%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdcd94

Analogous

#94b0cd

#9494cd

#b094cd

Triadic

#9494cd

#cd9494

#94cd94

Split-complementary

#9494cd

#cdb094

#b0cd94

Tetradic

#9494cd

#cd94cd

#cdcd94

#94cd94

Square

#9494cd

#cd94b0

#cdcd94

#94cdb0

Shades

Color #9494cd mixed toward black.

#6c6cba

#4b4ba0

#383878

#252550

#131328

Tints

Color #9494cd mixed toward white.

#a6a6d5

#b8b8de

#c9c9e6

#dbdbee

#ededf7

Tones

Color #9494cd mixed toward gray.

#9999c8

#9d9dc3

#a2a2bf

#a7a7ba

#acacb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494c1 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#9494be · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#94b7b5 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9494cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9494cd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9494cd (#9494cd) is rgb(148, 148, 205) in RGB.

No, #9494cd 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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