#9c9eee

Color #9c9eee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.58 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#9c9eee

RGB

rgb(156, 158, 238)

HSL

hsl(238.5, 70.7%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.5, 34.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(67.79, 17.73, -40.38)

LCH

lch(67.79, 44.1, 293.71)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1153, 282.06)

HWB

hwb(238.5, 61.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeec9c

Analogous

#9cc7ee

#9c9eee

#c39cee

Triadic

#9c9eee

#ee9c9e

#9eee9c

Split-complementary

#9c9eee

#eec39c

#c7ee9c

Tetradic

#9c9eee

#ec9cee

#eeec9c

#9eee9c

Square

#9c9eee

#ee9cc7

#eeec9c

#9ceec3

Shades

Color #9c9eee mixed toward black.

#6467e4

#2c30db

#1d20a8

#131670

#0a0b38

Tints

Color #9c9eee mixed toward white.

#adaef1

#bdbef4

#cecff7

#dedff9

#efeffc

Tones

Color #9c9eee mixed toward gray.

#a3a5e7

#aaabe0

#b1b2da

#b7b8d3

#bebfcc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dde · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#9d9dda · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#9cd0cd · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9c9eee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c9eee]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9c9eee (#9c9eee) is rgb(156, 158, 238) in RGB.

No, #9c9eee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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