#968bb3

Color #968bb3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.31 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#968bb3

RGB

rgb(150, 139, 179)

HSL

hsl(256.5, 20.8%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.5, 22.3%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(60.07, 12.33, -19.46)

LCH

lch(60.07, 23.04, 302.36)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0598, 297.38)

HWB

hwb(256.5, 54.5%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8b38b

Analogous

#8b94b3

#968bb3

#aa8bb3

Triadic

#968bb3

#b3968b

#8bb396

Split-complementary

#968bb3

#b3aa8b

#94b38b

Tetradic

#968bb3

#b38ba8

#a8b38b

#8bb396

Square

#968bb3

#b38b94

#a8b38b

#8bb3aa

Shades

Color #968bb3 mixed toward black.

#796b9e

#605480

#483f60

#302a40

#181520

Tints

Color #968bb3 mixed toward white.

#a89ec0

#b9b2cc

#cbc5d9

#dcd8e6

#eeecf2

Tones

Color #968bb3 mixed toward gray.

#988fb0

#9992ac

#9b95a9

#9c98a6

#9e9ca2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191aa · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#9293a8 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#95a3a2 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #968bb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#968bb3]

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

#968bb3 (#968bb3) is rgb(150, 139, 179) in RGB.

No, #968bb3 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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