#9e8ee1

Color #9e8ee1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.45 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#9e8ee1

RGB

rgb(158, 142, 225)

HSL

hsl(251.6, 58%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.6, 36.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 36.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(63.38, 24.09, -40.1)

LCH

lch(63.38, 46.78, 301)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1205, 291.82)

HWB

hwb(251.6, 55.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1e18e

Analogous

#8ea8e1

#9e8ee1

#c88ee1

Triadic

#9e8ee1

#e19e8e

#8ee19e

Split-complementary

#9e8ee1

#e1c88e

#a8e18e

Tetradic

#9e8ee1

#e18ed1

#d1e18e

#8ee19e

Square

#9e8ee1

#e18ea8

#d1e18e

#8ee1c8

Shades

Color #9e8ee1 mixed toward black.

#755ed4

#4f33c1

#3b2791

#271a61

#140d30

Tints

Color #9e8ee1 mixed toward white.

#aea1e6

#beb4eb

#cfc7f0

#dfd9f5

#efecfa

Tones

Color #9e8ee1 mixed toward gray.

#a295da

#a79cd3

#aba3cc

#afaac5

#b3b1bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797d1 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#9899cd · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#9dc3bf · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e8ee1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e8ee1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9e8ee1 (#9e8ee1) is rgb(158, 142, 225) in RGB.

No, #9e8ee1 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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