#9997d8

Color #9997d8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9997d8

RGB

rgb(153, 151, 216)

HSL

hsl(241.8, 45.5%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.8, 30.1%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(64.85, 15.24, -32.85)

LCH

lch(64.85, 36.21, 294.89)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0944, 285.11)

HWB

hwb(241.8, 59.2%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6d897

Analogous

#97b6d8

#9997d8

#ba97d8

Triadic

#9997d8

#d89997

#97d899

Split-complementary

#9997d8

#d8ba97

#b6d897

Tetradic

#9997d8

#d897d6

#d6d897

#97d899

Square

#9997d8

#d897b6

#d6d897

#97d8ba

Shades

Color #9997d8 mixed toward black.

#6d6bc7

#4643b2

#353286

#232159

#12112d

Tints

Color #9997d8 mixed toward white.

#aaa8df

#bbbae5

#cccbec

#dddcf2

#eeeef9

Tones

Color #9997d8 mixed toward gray.

#9e9dd3

#a3a2cd

#a8a7c8

#adadc2

#b3b2bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898cb · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9898c7 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#99bfbd · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9997d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9997d8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9997d8 (#9997d8) is rgb(153, 151, 216) in RGB.

No, #9997d8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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