#9794e5

Color #9794e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.79 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9794e5

RGB

rgb(151, 148, 229)

HSL

hsl(242.2, 60.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.2, 35.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(64.5, 19.73, -40.62)

LCH

lch(64.5, 45.16, 295.91)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1173, 284.66)

HWB

hwb(242.2, 58%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e594

Analogous

#94b9e5

#9794e5

#bf94e5

Triadic

#9794e5

#e59794

#94e597

Split-complementary

#9794e5

#e5bf94

#b9e594

Tetradic

#9794e5

#e594e2

#e2e594

#94e597

Square

#9794e5

#e594b9

#e2e594

#94e5bf

Shades

Color #9794e5 mixed toward black.

#6661d9

#3731ca

#292598

#1b1965

#0e0c33

Tints

Color #9794e5 mixed toward white.

#a8a6e9

#bab8ee

#cbc9f2

#dcdbf6

#eeedfb

Tones

Color #9794e5 mixed toward gray.

#9d9bde

#a3a1d7

#aaa8d1

#b0afca

#b6b6c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696d5 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#9696d1 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#97c7c4 · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9794e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9794e5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9794e5 (#9794e5) is rgb(151, 148, 229) in RGB.

No, #9794e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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