#9f90de

Color #9f90de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.61 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9f90de

RGB

rgb(159, 144, 222)

HSL

hsl(251.5, 54.2%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.5, 35.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 35.1%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(63.83, 22.48, -37.74)

LCH

lch(63.83, 43.93, 300.78)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.1134, 292.02)

HWB

hwb(251.5, 56.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cfde90

Analogous

#90a8de

#9f90de

#c690de

Triadic

#9f90de

#de9f90

#90de9f

Split-complementary

#9f90de

#dec690

#a8de90

Tetradic

#9f90de

#de90cf

#cfde90

#90de9f

Square

#9f90de

#de90a8

#cfde90

#90dec6

Shades

Color #9f90de mixed toward black.

#7661d0

#5138bc

#3d2a8d

#291c5e

#140e2f

Tints

Color #9f90de mixed toward white.

#afa3e4

#bfb5e9

#cfc8ef

#dfdaf4

#efedfa

Tones

Color #9f90de mixed toward gray.

#a397d8

#a79dd1

#aba4cb

#afaac4

#b3b1be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999cf · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#9a9bcb · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#9ec1be · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f90de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f90de]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9f90de (#9f90de) is rgb(159, 144, 222) in RGB.

No, #9f90de 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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