#b9b9f9

Color #b9b9f9

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.59 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b9f9

RGB

rgb(185, 185, 249)

HSL

hsl(240, 84.2%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25.7%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(77.19, 13.58, -31.6)

LCH

lch(77.19, 34.39, 293.26)

OKLCH

oklch(80.9%, 0.09, 284.22)

HWB

hwb(240, 72.5%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9f9b9

Analogous

#b9d9f9

#b9b9f9

#d9b9f9

Triadic

#b9b9f9

#f9b9b9

#b9f9b9

Split-complementary

#b9b9f9

#f9d9b9

#d9f9b9

Tetradic

#b9b9f9

#f9b9f9

#f9f9b9

#b9f9b9

Square

#b9b9f9

#f9b9d9

#f9f9b9

#b9f9d9

Shades

Color #b9b9f9 mixed toward black.

#7676f3

#3434ee

#1111c8

#0b0b85

#060643

Tints

Color #b9b9f9 mixed toward white.

#c5c5fa

#d0d0fb

#dcdcfc

#e8e8fd

#f3f3fe

Tones

Color #b9b9f9 mixed toward gray.

#bebef4

#c4c4ee

#c9c9e9

#cecee4

#d4d4de

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9ec · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#b9b9e8 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#b9e0de · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 20.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b9f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b9f9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b9b9f9 (#b9b9f9) is rgb(185, 185, 249) in RGB.

No, #b9b9f9 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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