#9e87ef

Color #9e87ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.02 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9e87ef

RGB

rgb(158, 135, 239)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 76.5%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 43.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.9%, 43.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(62.36, 31.67, -49.46)

LCH

lch(62.36, 58.73, 302.63)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1502, 292.14)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 52.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8ef87

Analogous

#87a4ef

#9e87ef

#d287ef

Triadic

#9e87ef

#ef9e87

#87ef9e

Split-complementary

#9e87ef

#efd287

#a4ef87

Tetradic

#9e87ef

#ef87d8

#d8ef87

#87ef9e

Square

#9e87ef

#ef87a4

#d8ef87

#87efd2

Shades

Color #9e87ef mixed toward black.

#7250e8

#481ddc

#3616a5

#240f6e

#120737

Tints

Color #9e87ef mixed toward white.

#ae9bf2

#beaff4

#cec3f7

#dfd7fa

#efebfc

Tones

Color #9e87ef mixed toward gray.

#a390e6

#a898de

#aca1d5

#b1aacc

#b6b2c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594dc · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#9698d7 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#9dcbc7 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 25.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e87ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e87ef]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9e87ef (#9e87ef) is rgb(158, 135, 239) in RGB.

No, #9e87ef 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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