#9e96d5

Color #9e96d5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9e96d5

RGB

rgb(158, 150, 213)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 42.9%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 29.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(64.87, 16.55, -31.12)

LCH

lch(64.87, 35.25, 298)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0914, 289.62)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 58.8%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdd596

Analogous

#96aed5

#9e96d5

#be96d5

Triadic

#9e96d5

#d59e96

#96d59e

Split-complementary

#9e96d5

#d5be96

#aed596

Tetradic

#9e96d5

#d596cd

#cdd596

#96d59e

Square

#9e96d5

#d596ae

#cdd596

#96d5be

Shades

Color #9e96d5 mixed toward black.

#766bc4

#5245ad

#3e3482

#292356

#15112b

Tints

Color #9e96d5 mixed toward white.

#aea8dc

#beb9e3

#cfcbea

#dfdcf1

#efeef8

Tones

Color #9e96d5 mixed toward gray.

#a29bd0

#a6a1cb

#aaa6c5

#aeabc0

#b2b0bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bc8 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9b9cc5 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#9ebdbb · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e96d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e96d5]

Related colors

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9e96d5 (#9e96d5) is rgb(158, 150, 213) in RGB.

No, #9e96d5 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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