#979ef8

Color #979ef8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.96 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#979ef8

RGB

rgb(151, 158, 248)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 87.4%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 39.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.1%, 36.3%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(67.88, 19.07, -45.74)

LCH

lch(67.88, 49.56, 292.63)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1301, 279.25)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 59.2%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8f197

Analogous

#97cef8

#979ef8

#c097f8

Triadic

#979ef8

#f8979e

#9ef897

Split-complementary

#979ef8

#f8c097

#cef897

Tetradic

#979ef8

#f197f8

#f8f197

#9ef897

Square

#979ef8

#f897ce

#f8f197

#97f8c0

Shades

Color #979ef8 mixed toward black.

#5964f4

#1a2af0

#0d19bb

#08117d

#04083e

Tints

Color #979ef8 mixed toward white.

#a8aef9

#babefa

#cbcefb

#dcdffd

#eeeffe

Tones

Color #979ef8 mixed toward gray.

#9fa5f0

#a7ace8

#afb3e0

#b7bad8

#bfc0d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ae6 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9a99e2 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#97d7d4 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979ef8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979ef8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#979ef8 (#979ef8) is rgb(151, 158, 248) in RGB.

No, #979ef8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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