#9d97dc

Color #9d97dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.37 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9d97dc

RGB

rgb(157, 151, 220)

HSL

hsl(245.2, 49.6%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.2, 31.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(65.33, 17.4, -34.3)

LCH

lch(65.33, 38.46, 296.9)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0998, 287.55)

HWB

hwb(245.2, 59.2%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6dc97

Analogous

#97b3dc

#9d97dc

#bf97dc

Triadic

#9d97dc

#dc9d97

#97dc9d

Split-complementary

#9d97dc

#dcbf97

#b3dc97

Tetradic

#9d97dc

#dc97d6

#d6dc97

#97dc9d

Square

#9d97dc

#dc97b3

#d6dc97

#97dcbf

Shades

Color #9d97dc mixed toward black.

#7169cc

#493eb9

#372f8b

#241f5c

#12102e

Tints

Color #9d97dc mixed toward white.

#ada8e2

#bebae8

#cecbed

#dedcf3

#efeef9

Tones

Color #9d97dc mixed toward gray.

#a29dd6

#a6a2d0

#aba8cb

#b0aec5

#b5b4bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ace · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9b9bca · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#9dc2bf · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d97dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d97dc]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9d97dc (#9d97dc) is rgb(157, 151, 220) in RGB.

No, #9d97dc 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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