#9997dc

Color #9997dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.35 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9997dc

RGB

rgb(153, 151, 220)

HSL

hsl(241.7, 49.6%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.7, 31.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(65.02, 16.25, -34.81)

LCH

lch(65.02, 38.42, 295.02)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1002, 284.87)

HWB

hwb(241.7, 59.2%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dadc97

Analogous

#97b7dc

#9997dc

#bb97dc

Triadic

#9997dc

#dc9997

#97dc99

Split-complementary

#9997dc

#dcbb97

#b7dc97

Tetradic

#9997dc

#dc97da

#dadc97

#97dc99

Square

#9997dc

#dc97b7

#dadc97

#97dcbb

Shades

Color #9997dc mixed toward black.

#6b69cc

#423eb9

#312f8b

#211f5c

#10102e

Tints

Color #9997dc mixed toward white.

#aaa8e2

#bbbae8

#cccbed

#dddcf3

#eeeef9

Tones

Color #9997dc mixed toward gray.

#9e9dd6

#a4a2d0

#a9a8cb

#afaec5

#b4b4bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898ce · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#9898ca · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#99c2bf · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 21.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9997dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9997dc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9997dc (#9997dc) is rgb(153, 151, 220) in RGB.

No, #9997dc 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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