#9799ea

Color #9799ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9799ea

RGB

rgb(151, 153, 234)

HSL

hsl(238.6, 66.4%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.6, 35.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.5%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(65.98, 18.18, -41.04)

LCH

lch(65.98, 44.89, 293.89)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1173, 281.9)

HWB

hwb(238.6, 59.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae897

Analogous

#97c2ea

#9799ea

#bf97ea

Triadic

#9799ea

#ea9799

#99ea97

Split-complementary

#9799ea

#eabf97

#c2ea97

Tetradic

#9799ea

#e897ea

#eae897

#99ea97

Square

#9799ea

#ea97c2

#eae897

#97eabf

Shades

Color #9799ea mixed toward black.

#6265df

#2c30d4

#2023a0

#16186b

#0b0c35

Tints

Color #9799ea mixed toward white.

#a8aaee

#babbf1

#cbccf5

#dcddf8

#eeeefc

Tones

Color #9799ea mixed toward gray.

#9ea0e3

#a5a6dc

#acadd5

#b3b3ce

#babac7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898da · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#9898d6 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#97ccc9 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 22.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9799ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9799ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9799ea (#9799ea) is rgb(151, 153, 234) in RGB.

No, #9799ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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