#959efa

Color #959efa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.67 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#959efa

RGB

rgb(149, 158, 250)

HSL

hsl(234.7, 91%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.7, 40.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 36.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(67.83, 19.11, -46.91)

LCH

lch(67.83, 50.65, 292.16)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1332, 278.29)

HWB

hwb(234.7, 58.4%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#faf195

Analogous

#95d0fa

#959efa

#be95fa

Triadic

#959efa

#fa959e

#9efa95

Split-complementary

#959efa

#fabe95

#d0fa95

Tetradic

#959efa

#f195fa

#faf195

#9efa95

Square

#959efa

#fa95d0

#faf195

#95fabe

Shades

Color #959efa mixed toward black.

#5564f7

#1629f4

#0919be

#06117f

#03083f

Tints

Color #959efa mixed toward white.

#a7aefb

#b8befc

#cacefc

#dcdffd

#edeffe

Tones

Color #959efa mixed toward gray.

#9da5f2

#a6ace9

#aeb3e1

#b7bad8

#bfc0d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999e8 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9898e3 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#95d8d5 · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 23.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #959efa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#959efa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#959efa (#959efa) is rgb(149, 158, 250) in RGB.

No, #959efa 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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