#9686e3

Color #9686e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.42 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9686e3

RGB

rgb(150, 134, 227)

HSL

hsl(250.3, 62.4%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.3, 41%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.9%, 41%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(60.85, 27, -45.24)

LCH

lch(60.85, 52.68, 300.83)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.1353, 290.19)

HWB

hwb(250.3, 52.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3e386

Analogous

#86a5e3

#9686e3

#c486e3

Triadic

#9686e3

#e39686

#86e396

Split-complementary

#9686e3

#e3c486

#a5e386

Tetradic

#9686e3

#e386d3

#d3e386

#86e396

Square

#9686e3

#e386a5

#d3e386

#86e3c4

Shades

Color #9686e3 mixed toward black.

#6c55d8

#472dc3

#352293

#241762

#120b31

Tints

Color #9686e3 mixed toward white.

#a89ae8

#b9aeec

#cbc3f1

#dcd7f6

#eeebfa

Tones

Color #9686e3 mixed toward gray.

#9b8edb

#a096d4

#a59dcc

#aaa5c4

#afadbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fd1 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#9091cd · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#95c2be · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9686e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9686e3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9686e3 (#9686e3) is rgb(150, 134, 227) in RGB.

No, #9686e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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