#9f9cf3

Color #9f9cf3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.38 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9f9cf3

RGB

rgb(159, 156, 243)

HSL

hsl(242.1, 78.4%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.1, 35.8%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(67.74, 20.98, -43.19)

LCH

lch(67.74, 48.02, 295.91)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1247, 284.44)

HWB

hwb(242.1, 61.2%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0f39c

Analogous

#9cc4f3

#9f9cf3

#ca9cf3

Triadic

#9f9cf3

#f39f9c

#9cf39f

Split-complementary

#9f9cf3

#f3ca9c

#c4f39c

Tetradic

#9f9cf3

#f39cf0

#f0f39c

#9cf39f

Square

#9f9cf3

#f39cc4

#f0f39c

#9cf3ca

Shades

Color #9f9cf3 mixed toward black.

#6561ec

#2c25e5

#1b16b2

#120e77

#09073b

Tints

Color #9f9cf3 mixed toward white.

#afacf5

#bfbdf7

#cfcdf9

#dfdefb

#efeefd

Tones

Color #9f9cf3 mixed toward gray.

#a6a3ec

#acaae4

#b3b2dd

#bab9d6

#c1c0cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ee2 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#9e9ede · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#9fd3d0 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f9cf3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f9cf3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9f9cf3 (#9f9cf3) is rgb(159, 156, 243) in RGB.

No, #9f9cf3 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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