#969ff6

Color #969ff6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.38 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#969ff6

RGB

rgb(150, 159, 246)

HSL

hsl(234.4, 84.2%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.4, 39%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(39%, 35.4%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(67.97, 17.7, -44.51)

LCH

lch(67.97, 47.9, 291.69)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1261, 278.3)

HWB

hwb(234.4, 58.8%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6ed96

Analogous

#96cff6

#969ff6

#bd96f6

Triadic

#969ff6

#f6969f

#9ff696

Split-complementary

#969ff6

#f6bd96

#cff696

Tetradic

#969ff6

#ed96f6

#f6ed96

#9ff696

Square

#969ff6

#f696cf

#f6ed96

#96f6bd

Shades

Color #969ff6 mixed toward black.

#5967f1

#1c30ec

#101fb6

#0a1579

#050a3d

Tints

Color #969ff6 mixed toward white.

#a7aff7

#b9bff9

#cacffa

#dcdffc

#edeffd

Tones

Color #969ff6 mixed toward gray.

#9ea5ee

#a6ace6

#aeb2de

#b6b9d6

#bebfce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ae5 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9999e0 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#96d6d3 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969ff6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969ff6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#969ff6 (#969ff6) is rgb(150, 159, 246) in RGB.

No, #969ff6 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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