#969dc3

Color #969dc3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.49 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#969dc3

RGB

rgb(150, 157, 195)

HSL

hsl(230.7, 27.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.7, 23.1%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(65.39, 5.8, -20.36)

LCH

lch(65.39, 21.17, 285.9)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0562, 276.64)

HWB

hwb(230.7, 58.8%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3bc96

Analogous

#96b3c3

#969dc3

#a596c3

Triadic

#969dc3

#c3969d

#9dc396

Split-complementary

#969dc3

#c3a596

#b3c396

Tetradic

#969dc3

#bc96c3

#c3bc96

#9dc396

Square

#969dc3

#c396b3

#c3bc96

#96c3a5

Shades

Color #969dc3 mixed toward black.

#717bae

#545d92

#3f466e

#2a2f49

#151725

Tints

Color #969dc3 mixed toward white.

#a7adcd

#b9bed7

#cacee1

#dcdeeb

#edeff5

Tones

Color #969dc3 mixed toward gray.

#9a9fbf

#9da2bb

#a1a5b8

#a5a7b4

#a9aab0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999bb · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#9998b9 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#96b4b2 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969dc3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969dc3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#969dc3 (#969dc3) is rgb(150, 157, 195) in RGB.

No, #969dc3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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