#9990e3

Color #9990e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.31 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9990e3

RGB

rgb(153, 144, 227)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 59.7%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 36.6%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.6%, 36.6%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(63.56, 22.06, -40.96)

LCH

lch(63.56, 46.52, 298.31)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1203, 287.82)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 56.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dae390

Analogous

#90b0e3

#9990e3

#c290e3

Triadic

#9990e3

#e39990

#90e399

Split-complementary

#9990e3

#e3c290

#b0e390

Tetradic

#9990e3

#e390da

#dae390

#90e399

Square

#9990e3

#e390b0

#dae390

#90e3c2

Shades

Color #9990e3 mixed toward black.

#6b5ed6

#4232c5

#312594

#211963

#100c31

Tints

Color #9990e3 mixed toward white.

#aaa2e8

#bbb5ec

#ccc7f1

#dddaf6

#eeecfa

Tones

Color #9990e3 mixed toward gray.

#9e97dc

#a49ed5

#a9a5ce

#afacc7

#b4b2c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595d3 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#9696cf · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#99c5c1 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9990e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9990e3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9990e3 (#9990e3) is rgb(153, 144, 227) in RGB.

No, #9990e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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