#9a97b3

Color #9a97b3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9a97b3

RGB

rgb(154, 151, 179)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 15.6%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 15.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(63.56, 6.83, -14.15)

LCH

lch(63.56, 15.71, 295.77)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0408, 290.21)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 59.2%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0b397

Analogous

#97a2b3

#9a97b3

#a897b3

Triadic

#9a97b3

#b39a97

#97b39a

Split-complementary

#9a97b3

#b3a897

#a2b397

Tetradic

#9a97b3

#b397b0

#b0b397

#97b39a

Square

#9a97b3

#b397a2

#b0b397

#97b3a8

Shades

Color #9a97b3 mixed toward black.

#7b779c

#605d7f

#48465f

#302e40

#181720

Tints

Color #9a97b3 mixed toward white.

#aba8c0

#bcbacc

#cccbd9

#dddce6

#eeeef2

Tones

Color #9a97b3 mixed toward gray.

#9c99b1

#9e9cae

#9f9eac

#a1a0aa

#a3a3a7

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

#9999ad · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9999ab · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#9aa8a6 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a97b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a97b3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9a97b3 (#9a97b3) is rgb(154, 151, 179) in RGB.

No, #9a97b3 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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