#997ff9

Color #997ff9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.59 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#997ff9

RGB

rgb(153, 127, 249)

HSL

hsl(252.8, 91%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.8, 49%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 49%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(60.6, 37.61, -57.81)

LCH

lch(60.6, 68.97, 303.05)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.175, 290.74)

HWB

hwb(252.8, 49.8%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dff97f

Analogous

#7fa2f9

#997ff9

#d67ff9

Triadic

#997ff9

#f9997f

#7ff999

Split-complementary

#997ff9

#f9d67f

#a2f97f

Tetradic

#997ff9

#f97fdf

#dff97f

#7ff999

Square

#997ff9

#f97fa2

#dff97f

#7ff9d6

Shades

Color #997ff9 mixed toward black.

#6943f6

#3c0bef

#2d08b3

#1e0678

#0f033c

Tints

Color #997ff9 mixed toward white.

#aa94fa

#bbaafb

#ccbffc

#ddd4fd

#eeeafe

Tones

Color #997ff9 mixed toward gray.

#9f89ef

#a593e5

#aa9dda

#b0a8d0

#b6b2c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ee3 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#9092de · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#98d0cb · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 27.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #997ff9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#997ff9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#997ff9 (#997ff9) is rgb(153, 127, 249) in RGB.

No, #997ff9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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