#9796ec

Color #9796ec

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.12 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9796ec

RGB

rgb(151, 150, 236)

HSL

hsl(240.7, 69.4%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240.7, 36.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36%, 36.4%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(65.32, 20.43, -43.19)

LCH

lch(65.32, 47.78, 295.32)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1243, 283.3)

HWB

hwb(240.7, 58.8%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebec96

Analogous

#96c0ec

#9796ec

#c296ec

Triadic

#9796ec

#ec9796

#96ec97

Split-complementary

#9796ec

#ecc296

#c0ec96

Tetradic

#9796ec

#ec96eb

#ebec96

#96ec97

Square

#9796ec

#ec96c0

#ebec96

#96ecc2

Shades

Color #9796ec mixed toward black.

#6160e2

#2b29d8

#1f1ea4

#15146d

#0a0a37

Tints

Color #9796ec mixed toward white.

#a8a8ef

#bab9f2

#cbcbf6

#dcdcf9

#eeeefc

Tones

Color #9796ec mixed toward gray.

#9e9de5

#a5a4de

#acacd7

#b3b3cf

#babac8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797db · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#9797d7 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#97cdc9 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9796ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9796ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9796ec (#9796ec) is rgb(151, 150, 236) in RGB.

No, #9796ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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