#9497c4

Color #9497c4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.36 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9497c4

RGB

rgb(148, 151, 196)

HSL

hsl(236.3, 28.9%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.3, 24.5%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(63.68, 8.81, -23.54)

LCH

lch(63.68, 25.13, 290.52)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.066, 281.53)

HWB

hwb(236.3, 58%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4c194

Analogous

#94afc4

#9497c4

#a994c4

Triadic

#9497c4

#c49497

#97c494

Split-complementary

#9497c4

#c4a994

#afc494

Tetradic

#9497c4

#c194c4

#c4c194

#97c494

Square

#9497c4

#c494af

#c4c194

#94c4a9

Shades

Color #9497c4 mixed toward black.

#6f73b0

#525694

#3d406f

#292b4a

#141525

Tints

Color #9497c4 mixed toward white.

#a6a8ce

#b8bad8

#cacbe2

#dbdceb

#edeef5

Tones

Color #9497c4 mixed toward gray.

#989bc0

#9c9ebc

#a0a2b8

#a4a5b4

#a8a9b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595ba · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#9595b8 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#94b2b0 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9497c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9497c4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9497c4 (#9497c4) is rgb(148, 151, 196) in RGB.

No, #9497c4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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