#9c90ea

Color #9c90ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.38 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9c90ea

RGB

rgb(156, 144, 234)

HSL

hsl(248, 68.2%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 38.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(64.12, 24.69, -43.93)

LCH

lch(64.12, 50.39, 299.34)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1299, 288.67)

HWB

hwb(248, 56.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deea90

Analogous

#90b1ea

#9c90ea

#c990ea

Triadic

#9c90ea

#ea9c90

#90ea9c

Split-complementary

#9c90ea

#eac990

#b1ea90

Tetradic

#9c90ea

#ea90de

#deea90

#90ea9c

Square

#9c90ea

#ea90b1

#deea90

#90eac9

Shades

Color #9c90ea mixed toward black.

#6d5be0

#3f28d4

#2f1e9f

#1f146a

#100a35

Tints

Color #9c90ea mixed toward white.

#aca2ed

#bdb5f1

#cdc7f4

#dedaf8

#eeecfb

Tones

Color #9c90ea mixed toward gray.

#a197e2

#a79fdb

#aca6d3

#b2aecc

#b7b5c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797d9 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#9899d4 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#9bc9c6 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c90ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c90ea]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9c90ea (#9c90ea) is rgb(156, 144, 234) in RGB.

No, #9c90ea 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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