#969fdf

Color #969fdf

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.8 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#969fdf

RGB

rgb(150, 159, 223)

HSL

hsl(232.6, 53.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.6, 32.7%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(66.98, 11.61, -33.44)

LCH

lch(66.98, 35.4, 289.15)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0937, 277.6)

HWB

hwb(232.6, 58.8%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfd696

Analogous

#96c3df

#969fdf

#b196df

Triadic

#969fdf

#df969f

#9fdf96

Split-complementary

#969fdf

#dfb196

#c3df96

Tetradic

#969fdf

#d696df

#dfd696

#9fdf96

Square

#969fdf

#df96c3

#dfd696

#96dfb1

Shades

Color #969fdf mixed toward black.

#6673d0

#3a4abf

#2c388f

#1d255f

#0f1330

Tints

Color #969fdf mixed toward white.

#a7afe4

#b9bfea

#cacfef

#dcdff4

#edeffa

Tones

Color #969fdf mixed toward gray.

#9ca3d9

#a2a8d3

#a8adcd

#aeb1c7

#b4b6c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ad2 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9999ce · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#96c7c4 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969fdf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969fdf]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#969fdf (#969fdf) is rgb(150, 159, 223) in RGB.

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

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