#9f8acb

Color #9f8acb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.49 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9f8acb

RGB

rgb(159, 138, 203)

HSL

hsl(259.4, 38.5%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.4, 32%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 32%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(61.53, 21.31, -30.7)

LCH

lch(61.53, 37.37, 304.77)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0966, 298.63)

HWB

hwb(259.4, 54.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6cb8a

Analogous

#8a96cb

#9f8acb

#c08acb

Triadic

#9f8acb

#cb9f8a

#8acb9f

Split-complementary

#9f8acb

#cbc08a

#96cb8a

Tetradic

#9f8acb

#cb8ab6

#b6cb8a

#8acb9f

Square

#9f8acb

#cb8a96

#b6cb8a

#8acbc0

Shades

Color #9f8acb mixed toward black.

#7f63ba

#62469e

#4a3476

#31234f

#191127

Tints

Color #9f8acb mixed toward white.

#af9ed4

#bfb1dc

#cfc5e5

#dfd8ee

#efecf6

Tones

Color #9f8acb mixed toward gray.

#a190c6

#a395c0

#a59abb

#a7a0b5

#a9a5b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696be · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#9899bb · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#9eb3b0 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f8acb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f8acb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#9f8acb (#9f8acb) is rgb(159, 138, 203) in RGB.

No, #9f8acb 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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