#978ae8

Color #978ae8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#978ae8

RGB

rgb(151, 138, 232)

HSL

hsl(248.3, 67.1%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.3, 40.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.9%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(62.15, 26.27, -45.96)

LCH

lch(62.15, 52.94, 299.75)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.1362, 288.58)

HWB

hwb(248.3, 54.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbe88a

Analogous

#8aace8

#978ae8

#c68ae8

Triadic

#978ae8

#e8978a

#8ae897

Split-complementary

#978ae8

#e8c68a

#ace88a

Tetradic

#978ae8

#e88adb

#dbe88a

#8ae897

Square

#978ae8

#e88aac

#dbe88a

#8ae8c6

Shades

Color #978ae8 mixed toward black.

#6956de

#3f29ce

#301e9a

#201467

#100a33

Tints

Color #978ae8 mixed toward white.

#a89dec

#bab1f0

#cbc4f3

#dcd8f7

#eeebfb

Tones

Color #978ae8 mixed toward gray.

#9d92e0

#a29ad8

#a8a1d0

#aea9c9

#b3b1c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9291d6 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#9293d2 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#96c6c3 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #978ae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#978ae8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#978ae8 (#978ae8) is rgb(151, 138, 232) in RGB.

No, #978ae8 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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