#9c90fa

Color #9c90fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9c90fa

RGB

rgb(156, 144, 250)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 91.4%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 42.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 42.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(64.9, 28.9, -51.51)

LCH

lch(64.9, 59.06, 299.29)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1518, 287.05)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 56.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eefa90

Analogous

#90b9fa

#9c90fa

#d190fa

Triadic

#9c90fa

#fa9c90

#90fa9c

Split-complementary

#9c90fa

#fad190

#b9fa90

Tetradic

#9c90fa

#fa90ee

#eefa90

#90fa9c

Square

#9c90fa

#fa90b9

#eefa90

#90fad1

Shades

Color #9c90fa mixed toward black.

#6451f7

#2c12f4

#1d08bd

#13067e

#0a033f

Tints

Color #9c90fa mixed toward white.

#ada3fb

#bdb5fc

#cec8fd

#dedafd

#efedfe

Tones

Color #9c90fa mixed toward gray.

#a399f1

#aaa2e8

#b1abe0

#b7b3d7

#bebcce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797e6 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#9899e1 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#9bd5d1 · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c90fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c90fa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9c90fa (#9c90fa) is rgb(156, 144, 250) in RGB.

No, #9c90fa 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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