#9968ee

Color #9968ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9968ee

RGB

rgb(153, 104, 238)

HSL

hsl(261.9, 79.8%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.9, 56.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 56.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(54.91, 47.58, -60.81)

LCH

lch(54.91, 77.21, 308.04)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1943, 297.4)

HWB

hwb(261.9, 40.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdee68

Analogous

#687aee

#9968ee

#dc68ee

Triadic

#9968ee

#ee9968

#68ee99

Split-complementary

#9968ee

#eedc68

#7aee68

Tetradic

#9968ee

#ee68bd

#bdee68

#68ee99

Square

#9968ee

#ee687a

#bdee68

#68eedc

Shades

Color #9968ee mixed toward black.

#7635e8

#5917cd

#43119a

#2d0c67

#160633

Tints

Color #9968ee mixed toward white.

#aa81f1

#bb9af4

#ccb4f7

#ddcdf9

#eee6fc

Tones

Color #9968ee mixed toward gray.

#9c73e3

#9f7ed8

#a28acd

#a595c1

#a8a0b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786d7 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#898dd1 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#97c3be · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 28.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9968ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9968ee]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#9968ee (#9968ee) is rgb(153, 104, 238) in RGB.

No, #9968ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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