#9991e2

Color #9991e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.15 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9991e2

RGB

rgb(153, 145, 226)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 58.3%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 35.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.3%, 35.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(63.76, 21.22, -40.09)

LCH

lch(63.76, 45.36, 297.89)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.1174, 287.45)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 56.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dae291

Analogous

#91b1e2

#9991e2

#c191e2

Triadic

#9991e2

#e29991

#91e299

Split-complementary

#9991e2

#e2c191

#b1e291

Tetradic

#9991e2

#e291da

#dae291

#91e299

Square

#9991e2

#e291b1

#dae291

#91e2c1

Shades

Color #9991e2 mixed toward black.

#6b60d5

#4234c4

#312793

#211a62

#100d31

Tints

Color #9991e2 mixed toward white.

#aaa3e7

#bbb6ec

#ccc8f0

#dddaf5

#eeedfa

Tones

Color #9991e2 mixed toward gray.

#9e98db

#a49ed4

#a9a5ce

#afacc7

#b4b3c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696d2 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9697ce · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#99c4c1 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9991e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9991e2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9991e2 (#9991e2) is rgb(153, 145, 226) in RGB.

No, #9991e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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