#968bfa

Color #968bfa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#968bfa

RGB

rgb(150, 139, 250)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 91.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 44.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 44.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(63.22, 30.28, -54.2)

LCH

lch(63.22, 62.08, 299.19)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1593, 286)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 54.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#effa8b

Analogous

#8bb8fa

#968bfa

#cd8bfa

Triadic

#968bfa

#fa968b

#8bfa96

Split-complementary

#968bfa

#facd8b

#b8fa8b

Tetradic

#968bfa

#fa8bef

#effa8b

#8bfa96

Square

#968bfa

#fa8bb8

#effa8b

#8bfacd

Shades

Color #968bfa mixed toward black.

#5e4df7

#250ff5

#1a08ba

#11057c

#09033e

Tints

Color #968bfa mixed toward white.

#a89efb

#b9b2fc

#cbc5fc

#dcd8fd

#eeecfe

Tones

Color #968bfa mixed toward gray.

#9d94f1

#a59ee8

#aca7de

#b4b0d5

#bbb9cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191e5 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#9293e0 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#95d3cf · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #968bfa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#968bfa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#968bfa (#968bfa) is rgb(150, 139, 250) in RGB.

No, #968bfa 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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