#957bd3

Color #957bd3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.62 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#957bd3

RGB

rgb(149, 123, 211)

HSL

hsl(257.7, 50%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.7, 41.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 41.7%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(57.33, 28.97, -41.84)

LCH

lch(57.33, 50.89, 304.7)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.1305, 296.15)

HWB

hwb(257.7, 48.2%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9d37b

Analogous

#7b8dd3

#957bd3

#c17bd3

Triadic

#957bd3

#d3957b

#7bd395

Split-complementary

#957bd3

#d3c17b

#8dd37b

Tetradic

#957bd3

#d37bb9

#b9d37b

#7bd395

Square

#957bd3

#d37b8d

#b9d37b

#7bd3c1

Shades

Color #957bd3 mixed toward black.

#7351c5

#5938a7

#422a7d

#2c1c54

#160e2a

Tints

Color #957bd3 mixed toward white.

#a791da

#b8a7e2

#cabde9

#dcd3f0

#ede9f8

Tones

Color #957bd3 mixed toward gray.

#9882cc

#9b8ac4

#9e91bd

#a198b6

#a4a0ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ac2 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#8c8ebe · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#94b4b0 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #957bd3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#957bd3]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#957bd3 (#957bd3) is rgb(149, 123, 211) in RGB.

No, #957bd3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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