#9e96de

Color #9e96de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.01 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9e96de

RGB

rgb(158, 150, 222)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 52.2%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 32.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.8%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(65.24, 18.76, -35.54)

LCH

lch(65.24, 40.19, 297.83)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.1042, 288.52)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 58.8%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6de96

Analogous

#96b2de

#9e96de

#c296de

Triadic

#9e96de

#de9e96

#96de9e

Split-complementary

#9e96de

#dec296

#b2de96

Tetradic

#9e96de

#de96d6

#d6de96

#96de9e

Square

#9e96de

#de96b2

#d6de96

#96dec2

Shades

Color #9e96de mixed toward black.

#7267cf

#4a3bbd

#372c8d

#251e5e

#120f2f

Tints

Color #9e96de mixed toward white.

#aea7e3

#beb9e9

#cecaee

#dfdcf4

#efedf9

Tones

Color #9e96de mixed toward gray.

#a39cd8

#a7a2d2

#aca8cc

#b1aec6

#b5b4c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bd0 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9b9ccc · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#9ec3c0 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e96de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e96de]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9e96de (#9e96de) is rgb(158, 150, 222) in RGB.

No, #9e96de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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