#968bd9

Color #968bd9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.32 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#968bd9

RGB

rgb(150, 139, 217)

HSL

hsl(248.5, 50.6%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.5, 35.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.9%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(61.62, 21.52, -38.46)

LCH

lch(61.62, 44.07, 299.23)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1138, 289.45)

HWB

hwb(248.5, 54.5%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ced98b

Analogous

#8ba7d9

#968bd9

#bd8bd9

Triadic

#968bd9

#d9968b

#8bd996

Split-complementary

#968bd9

#d9bd8b

#a7d98b

Tetradic

#968bd9

#d98bce

#ced98b

#8bd996

Square

#968bd9

#d98ba7

#ced98b

#8bd9bd

Shades

Color #968bd9 mixed toward black.

#6e5eca

#4c3bb3

#392c86

#261d59

#130f2d

Tints

Color #968bd9 mixed toward white.

#a89edf

#b9b2e6

#cbc5ec

#dcd8f2

#eeecf9

Tones

Color #968bd9 mixed toward gray.

#9b92d2

#9f98cc

#a49fc5

#a9a5bf

#adabb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191ca · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9293c6 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#95bcb9 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #968bd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#968bd9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#968bd9 (#968bd9) is rgb(150, 139, 217) in RGB.

No, #968bd9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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