#959ed9

Color #959ed9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.85 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#959ed9

RGB

rgb(149, 158, 217)

HSL

hsl(232.1, 47.2%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.1, 31.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(66.41, 10.35, -31.02)

LCH

lch(66.41, 32.7, 288.45)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0867, 277.29)

HWB

hwb(232.1, 58.4%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9d095

Analogous

#95c0d9

#959ed9

#ae95d9

Triadic

#959ed9

#d9959e

#9ed995

Split-complementary

#959ed9

#d9ae95

#c0d995

Tetradic

#959ed9

#d095d9

#d9d095

#9ed995

Square

#959ed9

#d995c0

#d9d095

#95d9ae

Shades

Color #959ed9 mixed toward black.

#6875c9

#4050b4

#303c87

#20285a

#10142d

Tints

Color #959ed9 mixed toward white.

#a7aedf

#b8bee6

#cacfec

#dcdff2

#edeff9

Tones

Color #959ed9 mixed toward gray.

#9ba2d3

#a0a6ce

#a6abc8

#acafc2

#b1b3bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999cd · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9898ca · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#95c2c0 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #959ed9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#959ed9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#959ed9 (#959ed9) is rgb(149, 158, 217) in RGB.

No, #959ed9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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