#9b8fe9

Color #9b8fe9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.13 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9b8fe9

RGB

rgb(155, 143, 233)

HSL

hsl(248, 67.2%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 38.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 38.6%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(63.75, 24.73, -43.97)

LCH

lch(63.75, 50.45, 299.35)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.13, 288.66)

HWB

hwb(248, 56.1%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dde98f

Analogous

#8fb0e9

#9b8fe9

#c88fe9

Triadic

#9b8fe9

#e99b8f

#8fe99b

Split-complementary

#9b8fe9

#e9c88f

#b0e98f

Tetradic

#9b8fe9

#e98fdd

#dde98f

#8fe99b

Square

#9b8fe9

#e98fb0

#dde98f

#8fe9c8

Shades

Color #9b8fe9 mixed toward black.

#6c5adf

#4029d1

#301f9d

#201569

#100a34

Tints

Color #9b8fe9 mixed toward white.

#aca2ed

#bcb4f0

#cdc7f4

#dedaf8

#eeecfb

Tones

Color #9b8fe9 mixed toward gray.

#a096e1

#a69eda

#aba5d2

#b1adcb

#b6b4c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696d8 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#9798d3 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#9ac9c5 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b8fe9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b8fe9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9b8fe9 (#9b8fe9) is rgb(155, 143, 233) in RGB.

No, #9b8fe9 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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