#968be3

Color #968be3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.96 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#968be3

RGB

rgb(150, 139, 227)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 61.1%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 38.8%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.9%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(62.08, 24.12, -43.31)

LCH

lch(62.08, 49.57, 299.11)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.1278, 288.24)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 54.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8e38b

Analogous

#8bace3

#968be3

#c28be3

Triadic

#968be3

#e3968b

#8be396

Split-complementary

#968be3

#e3c28b

#ace38b

Tetradic

#968be3

#e38bd8

#d8e38b

#8be396

Square

#968be3

#e38bac

#d8e38b

#8be3c2

Shades

Color #968be3 mixed toward black.

#6a5ad7

#422fc5

#322493

#211862

#110c31

Tints

Color #968be3 mixed toward white.

#a89ee8

#b9b2ec

#cbc5f1

#dcd8f6

#eeecfa

Tones

Color #968be3 mixed toward gray.

#9c92dc

#a19ad4

#a7a1cd

#aca8c6

#b2b0be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191d2 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9293ce · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#95c3c0 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #968be3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#968be3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#968be3 (#968be3) is rgb(150, 139, 227) in RGB.

No, #968be3 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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