#9b87f8

Color #9b87f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.29 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9b87f8

RGB

rgb(155, 135, 248)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 89%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 45.6%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.5%, 45.6%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(62.57, 33.27, -54.11)

LCH

lch(62.57, 63.52, 301.59)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1621, 289.61)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 52.9%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4f887

Analogous

#87acf8

#9b87f8

#d387f8

Triadic

#9b87f8

#f89b87

#87f89b

Split-complementary

#9b87f8

#f8d387

#acf887

Tetradic

#9b87f8

#f887e4

#e4f887

#87f89b

Square

#9b87f8

#f887ac

#e4f887

#87f8d3

Shades

Color #9b87f8 mixed toward black.

#694bf5

#360ef1

#290bb5

#1b0779

#0e043c

Tints

Color #9b87f8 mixed toward white.

#ac9bf9

#bcaffa

#cdc3fc

#ded7fd

#eeebfe

Tones

Color #9b87f8 mixed toward gray.

#a190ef

#a79ae5

#ada3dc

#b3add2

#b9b6c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393e3 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#9495de · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#9ad1cd · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b87f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b87f8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9b87f8 (#9b87f8) is rgb(155, 135, 248) in RGB.

No, #9b87f8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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