#9d8aff

Color #9d8aff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9d8aff

RGB

rgb(157, 138, 255)

HSL

hsl(249.7, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.7, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(63.81, 33.92, -55.97)

LCH

lch(63.81, 65.45, 301.22)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.167, 288.79)

HWB

hwb(249.7, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecff8a

Analogous

#8ab2ff

#9d8aff

#d78aff

Triadic

#9d8aff

#ff9d8a

#8aff9d

Split-complementary

#9d8aff

#ffd78a

#b2ff8a

Tetradic

#9d8aff

#ff8aec

#ecff8a

#8aff9d

Square

#9d8aff

#ff8ab2

#ecff8a

#8affd7

Shades

Color #9d8aff mixed toward black.

#6649ff

#2f07ff

#2000c5

#150083

#0b0042

Tints

Color #9d8aff mixed toward white.

#ad9eff

#beb1ff

#cec5ff

#ded8ff

#efecff

Tones

Color #9d8aff mixed toward gray.

#a494f5

#aa9eec

#b1a7e2

#b7b1d8

#bebbce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595ea · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#9698e4 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#9cd7d2 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 26.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9d8aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d8aff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9d8aff (#9d8aff) is rgb(157, 138, 255) in RGB.

No, #9d8aff 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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