#9c8bea

Color #9c8bea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.89 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9c8bea

RGB

rgb(156, 139, 234)

HSL

hsl(250.7, 69.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.7, 40.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(62.9, 27.56, -45.85)

LCH

lch(62.9, 53.5, 301.01)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1373, 290.55)

HWB

hwb(250.7, 54.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9ea8b

Analogous

#8ba9ea

#9c8bea

#cb8bea

Triadic

#9c8bea

#ea9c8b

#8bea9c

Split-complementary

#9c8bea

#eacb8b

#a9ea8b

Tetradic

#9c8bea

#ea8bd9

#d9ea8b

#8bea9c

Square

#9c8bea

#ea8ba9

#d9ea8b

#8beacb

Shades

Color #9c8bea mixed toward black.

#6f56e0

#4526d2

#341d9e

#221369

#110a35

Tints

Color #9c8bea mixed toward white.

#ac9eed

#bdb2f1

#cdc5f4

#ded8f8

#eeecfb

Tones

Color #9c8bea mixed toward gray.

#a193e2

#a69bda

#aba3d2

#b0abca

#b5b2c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595d8 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#9697d3 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#9bc8c4 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c8bea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c8bea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9c8bea (#9c8bea) is rgb(156, 139, 234) in RGB.

No, #9c8bea 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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