#9696ea

Color #9696ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.83 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9696ea

RGB

rgb(150, 150, 234)

HSL

hsl(240, 66.7%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 35.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(65.15, 19.63, -42.36)

LCH

lch(65.15, 46.69, 294.86)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.1216, 282.83)

HWB

hwb(240, 58.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaea96

Analogous

#96c0ea

#9696ea

#c096ea

Triadic

#9696ea

#ea9696

#96ea96

Split-complementary

#9696ea

#eac096

#c0ea96

Tetradic

#9696ea

#ea96ea

#eaea96

#96ea96

Square

#9696ea

#ea96c0

#eaea96

#96eac0

Shades

Color #9696ea mixed toward black.

#6161df

#2b2bd5

#2020a0

#15156b

#0b0b35

Tints

Color #9696ea mixed toward white.

#a8a8ee

#b9b9f1

#cbcbf5

#dcdcf8

#eeeefc

Tones

Color #9696ea mixed toward gray.

#9d9de3

#a4a4dc

#ababd5

#b2b2ce

#b9b9c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696d9 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#9696d5 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#96cbc8 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9696ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9696ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9696ea (#9696ea) is rgb(150, 150, 234) in RGB.

No, #9696ea 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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