#9b97c4

Color #9b97c4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 19.44 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9b97c4

RGB

rgb(155, 151, 196)

HSL

hsl(245.3, 27.6%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.3, 23%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(64.23, 11, -22.65)

LCH

lch(64.23, 25.18, 295.9)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0655, 288.6)

HWB

hwb(245.3, 59.2%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0c497

Analogous

#97a9c4

#9b97c4

#b197c4

Triadic

#9b97c4

#c49b97

#97c49b

Split-complementary

#9b97c4

#c4b197

#a9c497

Tetradic

#9b97c4

#c497c0

#c0c497

#97c49b

Square

#9b97c4

#c497a9

#c0c497

#97c4b1

Shades

Color #9b97c4 mixed toward black.

#7772af

#595494

#433f6f

#2d2a4a

#161525

Tints

Color #9b97c4 mixed toward white.

#aca8ce

#bcbad8

#cdcbe1

#dedceb

#eeeef5

Tones

Color #9b97c4 mixed toward gray.

#9e9bc0

#a19ebc

#a4a2b9

#a7a6b5

#aaaab1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999ba · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9a9ab8 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#9bb2b0 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b97c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b97c4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9b97c4 (#9b97c4) is rgb(155, 151, 196) in RGB.

No, #9b97c4 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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