#978aff

Color #978aff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#978aff

RGB

rgb(151, 138, 255)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.8%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(63.32, 32.46, -56.77)

LCH

lch(63.32, 65.39, 299.76)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.1673, 286.28)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f2ff8a

Analogous

#8ab8ff

#978aff

#d28aff

Triadic

#978aff

#ff978a

#8aff97

Split-complementary

#978aff

#ffd28a

#b8ff8a

Tetradic

#978aff

#ff8af2

#f2ff8a

#8aff97

Square

#978aff

#ff8ab8

#f2ff8a

#8affd2

Shades

Color #978aff mixed toward black.

#5d49ff

#2307ff

#1600c5

#0f0083

#070042

Tints

Color #978aff mixed toward white.

#a99eff

#bab1ff

#cbc5ff

#dcd8ff

#eeecff

Tones

Color #978aff mixed toward gray.

#9f94f5

#a69eec

#aea7e2

#b5b1d8

#bdbbce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9291ea · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9293e4 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#96d7d2 · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 26.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #978aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#978aff]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#978aff (#978aff) is rgb(151, 138, 255) in RGB.

No, #978aff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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