#9797dc

Color #9797dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.87 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9797dc

RGB

rgb(151, 151, 220)

HSL

hsl(240, 49.6%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 31.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(64.87, 15.68, -35.06)

LCH

lch(64.87, 38.41, 294.1)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.1003, 283.5)

HWB

hwb(240, 59.2%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcdc97

Analogous

#97b9dc

#9797dc

#b997dc

Triadic

#9797dc

#dc9797

#97dc97

Split-complementary

#9797dc

#dcb997

#b9dc97

Tetradic

#9797dc

#dc97dc

#dcdc97

#97dc97

Square

#9797dc

#dc97b9

#dcdc97

#97dcb9

Shades

Color #9797dc mixed toward black.

#6969cc

#3e3eb9

#2f2f8b

#1f1f5c

#10102e

Tints

Color #9797dc mixed toward white.

#a8a8e2

#babae8

#cbcbed

#dcdcf3

#eeeef9

Tones

Color #9797dc mixed toward gray.

#9d9dd6

#a2a2d0

#a8a8cb

#aeaec5

#b4b4bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797ce · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9797ca · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#97c2bf · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9797dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9797dc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9797dc (#9797dc) is rgb(151, 151, 220) in RGB.

No, #9797dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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