#979bd5

Color #979bd5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.76 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#979bd5

RGB

rgb(151, 155, 213)

HSL

hsl(236.1, 42.5%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.1, 29.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(65.61, 11.62, -30.02)

LCH

lch(65.61, 32.19, 291.16)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0846, 280.96)

HWB

hwb(236.1, 59.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5d197

Analogous

#97bad5

#979bd5

#b297d5

Triadic

#979bd5

#d5979b

#9bd597

Split-complementary

#979bd5

#d5b297

#bad597

Tetradic

#979bd5

#d197d5

#d5d197

#9bd597

Square

#979bd5

#d597ba

#d5d197

#97d5b2

Shades

Color #979bd5 mixed toward black.

#6c72c4

#464cad

#343982

#232656

#11132b

Tints

Color #979bd5 mixed toward white.

#a8acdc

#babce3

#cbcdea

#dcdef1

#eeeef8

Tones

Color #979bd5 mixed toward gray.

#9ca0d0

#a1a4cb

#a7a9c6

#acadc0

#b1b2bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999c9 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9998c6 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#97bfbc · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979bd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979bd5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#979bd5 (#979bd5) is rgb(151, 155, 213) in RGB.

No, #979bd5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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