#9d98c2

Color #9d98c2

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.38 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9d98c2

RGB

rgb(157, 152, 194)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 25.6%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 21.6%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(64.58, 10.61, -20.99)

LCH

lch(64.58, 23.52, 296.82)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0612, 290.18)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 59.6%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdc298

Analogous

#98a8c2

#9d98c2

#b298c2

Triadic

#9d98c2

#c29d98

#98c29d

Split-complementary

#9d98c2

#c2b298

#a8c298

Tetradic

#9d98c2

#c298bd

#bdc298

#98c29d

Square

#9d98c2

#c298a8

#bdc298

#98c2b2

Shades

Color #9d98c2 mixed toward black.

#7a74ac

#5d5691

#46406d

#2e2b48

#171524

Tints

Color #9d98c2 mixed toward white.

#ada9cc

#bebad6

#cecbe0

#deddeb

#efeef5

Tones

Color #9d98c2 mixed toward gray.

#a09bbe

#a29fbb

#a5a2b7

#a8a6b4

#aaa9b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bb9 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#9b9cb7 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#9db1b0 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d98c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d98c2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9d98c2 (#9d98c2) is rgb(157, 152, 194) in RGB.

No, #9d98c2 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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