#9995e0

Color #9995e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.1 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#9995e0

RGB

rgb(153, 149, 224)

HSL

hsl(243.2, 54.7%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.2, 33.5%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(64.68, 18.41, -37.55)

LCH

lch(64.68, 41.82, 296.12)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.1087, 285.7)

HWB

hwb(243.2, 58.4%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dce095

Analogous

#95b6e0

#9995e0

#be95e0

Triadic

#9995e0

#e09995

#95e099

Split-complementary

#9995e0

#e0be95

#b6e095

Tetradic

#9995e0

#e095dc

#dce095

#95e099

Square

#9995e0

#e095b6

#dce095

#95e0be

Shades

Color #9995e0 mixed toward black.

#6b65d2

#4038c0

#302a90

#201c60

#100e30

Tints

Color #9995e0 mixed toward white.

#aaa7e5

#bbb8ea

#cccaef

#dddcf5

#eeedfa

Tones

Color #9995e0 mixed toward gray.

#9e9bda

#a4a1d3

#aaa8cd

#afaec7

#b5b4c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797d1 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#9898cd · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#99c4c1 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9995e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9995e0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9995e0 (#9995e0) is rgb(153, 149, 224) in RGB.

No, #9995e0 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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