#9c97c8

Color #9c97c8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 21.52 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9c97c8

RGB

rgb(156, 151, 200)

HSL

hsl(246.1, 30.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.1, 24.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(64.46, 12.25, -24.53)

LCH

lch(64.46, 27.42, 296.54)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0713, 289.07)

HWB

hwb(246.1, 59.2%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3c897

Analogous

#97aac8

#9c97c8

#b497c8

Triadic

#9c97c8

#c89c97

#97c89c

Split-complementary

#9c97c8

#c8b497

#aac897

Tetradic

#9c97c8

#c897c3

#c3c897

#97c89c

Square

#9c97c8

#c897aa

#c3c897

#97c8b4

Shades

Color #9c97c8 mixed toward black.

#7871b4

#585199

#423d73

#2c284c

#161426

Tints

Color #9c97c8 mixed toward white.

#aca8d1

#bdbada

#cdcbe3

#dedced

#eeeef6

Tones

Color #9c97c8 mixed toward gray.

#9f9bc4

#a29fc0

#a6a3bc

#a9a7b8

#acabb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9abe · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9a9bbb · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#9cb5b3 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 18

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9c97c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c97c8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9c97c8 (#9c97c8) is rgb(156, 151, 200) in RGB.

No, #9c97c8 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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