#978ee0

Color #978ee0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.32 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#978ee0

RGB

rgb(151, 142, 224)

HSL

hsl(246.6, 56.9%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.6, 36.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.6%, 36.6%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(62.77, 21.88, -40.56)

LCH

lch(62.77, 46.09, 298.34)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1192, 287.89)

HWB

hwb(246.6, 55.7%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7e08e

Analogous

#8eaee0

#978ee0

#c08ee0

Triadic

#978ee0

#e0978e

#8ee097

Split-complementary

#978ee0

#e0c08e

#aee08e

Tetradic

#978ee0

#e08ed7

#d7e08e

#8ee097

Square

#978ee0

#e08eae

#d7e08e

#8ee0c0

Shades

Color #978ee0 mixed toward black.

#6b5ed3

#4435c0

#332790

#221a60

#110d30

Tints

Color #978ee0 mixed toward white.

#a8a1e5

#bab4ea

#cbc7f0

#dcd9f5

#eeecfa

Tones

Color #978ee0 mixed toward gray.

#9c95d9

#a29cd2

#a7a3cc

#aca9c5

#b2b0be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393d0 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9494cc · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#97c2bf · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #978ee0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#978ee0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#978ee0 (#978ee0) is rgb(151, 142, 224) in RGB.

No, #978ee0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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