#9f9cc1

Color #9f9cc1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9f9cc1

RGB

rgb(159, 156, 193)

HSL

hsl(244.9, 23%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.9, 19.2%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(65.75, 8.77, -18.64)

LCH

lch(65.75, 20.6, 295.2)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0536, 288.71)

HWB

hwb(244.9, 61.2%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bec19c

Analogous

#9cabc1

#9f9cc1

#b19cc1

Triadic

#9f9cc1

#c19f9c

#9cc19f

Split-complementary

#9f9cc1

#c1b19c

#abc19c

Tetradic

#9f9cc1

#c19cbe

#bec19c

#9cc19f

Square

#9f9cc1

#c19cab

#bec19c

#9cc1b1

Shades

Color #9f9cc1 mixed toward black.

#7c78ab

#5e5a8f

#46436b

#2f2d48

#171624

Tints

Color #9f9cc1 mixed toward white.

#afaccb

#bfbdd6

#cfcde0

#dfdeea

#efeef5

Tones

Color #9f9cc1 mixed toward gray.

#a19fbe

#a4a2bb

#a7a5b8

#a9a8b5

#acabb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eb9 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#9e9eb7 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#9fb2b1 · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f9cc1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f9cc1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9f9cc1 (#9f9cc1) is rgb(159, 156, 193) in RGB.

No, #9f9cc1 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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