#9c93e5

Color #9c93e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.48 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9c93e5

RGB

rgb(156, 147, 229)

HSL

hsl(246.6, 61.2%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.6, 35.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.9%, 35.8%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(64.64, 21.68, -40.37)

LCH

lch(64.64, 45.82, 298.24)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.1185, 287.99)

HWB

hwb(246.6, 57.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dce593

Analogous

#93b3e5

#9c93e5

#c593e5

Triadic

#9c93e5

#e59c93

#93e59c

Split-complementary

#9c93e5

#e5c593

#b3e593

Tetradic

#9c93e5

#e593dc

#dce593

#93e59c

Square

#9c93e5

#e593b3

#dce593

#93e5c5

Shades

Color #9c93e5 mixed toward black.

#6e60d9

#4131ca

#312497

#211865

#100c32

Tints

Color #9c93e5 mixed toward white.

#aca5e9

#bdb7ee

#cdc9f2

#dedbf6

#eeedfb

Tones

Color #9c93e5 mixed toward gray.

#a19ade

#a7a1d7

#aca7d0

#b1aeca

#b7b5c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898d5 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9999d1 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#9cc7c4 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c93e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c93e5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9c93e5 (#9c93e5) is rgb(156, 147, 229) in RGB.

No, #9c93e5 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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