#969dea

Color #969dea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.62 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#969dea

RGB

rgb(150, 157, 234)

HSL

hsl(235, 66.7%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235, 35.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(66.93, 15.62, -39.57)

LCH

lch(66.93, 42.54, 291.54)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.1119, 279.2)

HWB

hwb(235, 58.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae396

Analogous

#96c7ea

#969dea

#b996ea

Triadic

#969dea

#ea969d

#9dea96

Split-complementary

#969dea

#eab996

#c7ea96

Tetradic

#969dea

#e396ea

#eae396

#9dea96

Square

#969dea

#ea96c7

#eae396

#96eab9

Shades

Color #969dea mixed toward black.

#616bdf

#2b39d5

#202ba0

#151c6b

#0b0e35

Tints

Color #969dea mixed toward white.

#a8adee

#b9bef1

#cbcef5

#dcdef8

#eeeffc

Tones

Color #969dea mixed toward gray.

#9da3e3

#a4a9dc

#abafd5

#b2b4ce

#b9bac7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999db · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#9998d7 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#96cdca · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969dea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969dea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#969dea (#969dea) is rgb(150, 157, 234) in RGB.

No, #969dea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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