#9e93e1

Color #9e93e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.51 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9e93e1

RGB

rgb(158, 147, 225)

HSL

hsl(248.5, 56.5%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.5, 34.7%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(64.62, 21.23, -38.17)

LCH

lch(64.62, 43.68, 299.08)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.1129, 289.62)

HWB

hwb(248.5, 57.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6e193

Analogous

#93afe1

#9e93e1

#c593e1

Triadic

#9e93e1

#e19e93

#93e19e

Split-complementary

#9e93e1

#e1c593

#afe193

Tetradic

#9e93e1

#e193d6

#d6e193

#93e19e

Square

#9e93e1

#e193af

#d6e193

#93e1c5

Shades

Color #9e93e1 mixed toward black.

#7262d3

#4a36c2

#372891

#251b61

#120d30

Tints

Color #9e93e1 mixed toward white.

#aea5e6

#beb7eb

#cec9f0

#dfdbf5

#efedfa

Tones

Color #9e93e1 mixed toward gray.

#a399da

#a7a0d4

#aca6cd

#b1adc7

#b5b3c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999d2 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9a9bce · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#9dc4c1 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e93e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e93e1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9e93e1 (#9e93e1) is rgb(158, 147, 225) in RGB.

No, #9e93e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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