#9c96ee

Color #9c96ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.71 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9c96ee

RGB

rgb(156, 150, 238)

HSL

hsl(244.1, 72.1%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.1, 37%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(65.79, 22.29, -43.52)

LCH

lch(65.79, 48.9, 297.12)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1267, 285.85)

HWB

hwb(244.1, 58.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8ee96

Analogous

#96bcee

#9c96ee

#c896ee

Triadic

#9c96ee

#ee9c96

#96ee9c

Split-complementary

#9c96ee

#eec896

#bcee96

Tetradic

#9c96ee

#ee96e8

#e8ee96

#96ee9c

Square

#9c96ee

#ee96bc

#e8ee96

#96eec8

Shades

Color #9c96ee mixed toward black.

#685ee5

#3327dc

#251ba7

#18126f

#0c0938

Tints

Color #9c96ee mixed toward white.

#ada8f1

#bdb9f4

#cecbf6

#dedcf9

#efeefc

Tones

Color #9c96ee mixed toward gray.

#a29de7

#a9a5df

#afacd8

#b5b3d1

#bcbbc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999dd · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#9a9ad8 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#9cceca · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c96ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c96ee]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9c96ee (#9c96ee) is rgb(156, 150, 238) in RGB.

No, #9c96ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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