#9a90e0

Color #9a90e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.83 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9a90e0

RGB

rgb(154, 144, 224)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 56.3%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 35.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(63.51, 21.56, -39.38)

LCH

lch(63.51, 44.9, 298.7)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1161, 288.75)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 56.5%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6e090

Analogous

#90aee0

#9a90e0

#c290e0

Triadic

#9a90e0

#e09a90

#90e09a

Split-complementary

#9a90e0

#e0c290

#aee090

Tetradic

#9a90e0

#e090d6

#d6e090

#90e09a

Square

#9a90e0

#e090ae

#d6e090

#90e0c2

Shades

Color #9a90e0 mixed toward black.

#6f60d3

#4736c0

#352890

#231b60

#120d30

Tints

Color #9a90e0 mixed toward white.

#aba3e5

#bcb5ea

#cdc8f0

#dddaf5

#eeedfa

Tones

Color #9a90e0 mixed toward gray.

#9f97d9

#a49ed3

#a9a4cc

#aeabc5

#b3b1bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696d0 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9697cc · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#9ac3bf · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a90e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a90e0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9a90e0 (#9a90e0) is rgb(154, 144, 224) in RGB.

No, #9a90e0 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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