#9a9aeb

Color #9a9aeb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.46 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9a9aeb

RGB

rgb(154, 154, 235)

HSL

hsl(240, 66.9%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 34.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(66.5, 18.68, -40.76)

LCH

lch(66.5, 44.84, 294.62)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.1169, 283.05)

HWB

hwb(240, 60.4%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebeb9a

Analogous

#9ac3eb

#9a9aeb

#c39aeb

Triadic

#9a9aeb

#eb9a9a

#9aeb9a

Split-complementary

#9a9aeb

#ebc39a

#c3eb9a

Tetradic

#9a9aeb

#eb9aeb

#ebeb9a

#9aeb9a

Square

#9a9aeb

#eb9ac3

#ebeb9a

#9aebc3

Shades

Color #9a9aeb mixed toward black.

#6464e0

#2e2ed6

#2020a2

#15156c

#0b0b36

Tints

Color #9a9aeb mixed toward white.

#ababee

#bcbcf2

#cdcdf5

#ddddf8

#eeeefc

Tones

Color #9a9aeb mixed toward gray.

#a1a1e4

#a8a8de

#aeaed7

#b5b5d0

#bcbcc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9adb · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9a9ad7 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#9acdca · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a9aeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a9aeb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9a9aeb (#9a9aeb) is rgb(154, 154, 235) in RGB.

No, #9a9aeb 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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