#9a97c8

Color #9a97c8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 21.01 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9a97c8

RGB

rgb(154, 151, 200)

HSL

hsl(243.7, 30.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.7, 24.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(64.3, 11.63, -24.79)

LCH

lch(64.3, 27.38, 295.13)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0713, 287.21)

HWB

hwb(243.7, 59.2%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c897

Analogous

#97acc8

#9a97c8

#b297c8

Triadic

#9a97c8

#c89a97

#97c89a

Split-complementary

#9a97c8

#c8b297

#acc897

Tetradic

#9a97c8

#c897c5

#c5c897

#97c89a

Square

#9a97c8

#c897ac

#c5c897

#97c8b2

Shades

Color #9a97c8 mixed toward black.

#7571b4

#555199

#403d73

#2b284c

#151426

Tints

Color #9a97c8 mixed toward white.

#aba8d1

#bcbada

#cccbe3

#dddced

#eeeef6

Tones

Color #9a97c8 mixed toward gray.

#9e9bc4

#a19fc0

#a5a3bc

#a8a7b8

#acabb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999be · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#9999bb · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#9ab5b3 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a97c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a97c8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9a97c8 (#9a97c8) is rgb(154, 151, 200) in RGB.

No, #9a97c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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