#9d9aeb

Color #9d9aeb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.35 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9aeb

RGB

rgb(157, 154, 235)

HSL

hsl(242.2, 66.9%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.2, 34.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(66.73, 19.5, -40.39)

LCH

lch(66.73, 44.85, 295.77)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.1166, 284.75)

HWB

hwb(242.2, 60.4%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8eb9a

Analogous

#9ac0eb

#9d9aeb

#c69aeb

Triadic

#9d9aeb

#eb9d9a

#9aeb9d

Split-complementary

#9d9aeb

#ebc69a

#c0eb9a

Tetradic

#9d9aeb

#eb9ae8

#e8eb9a

#9aeb9d

Square

#9d9aeb

#eb9ac0

#e8eb9a

#9aebc6

Shades

Color #9d9aeb mixed toward black.

#6964e0

#342ed6

#2520a2

#19156c

#0c0b36

Tints

Color #9d9aeb mixed toward white.

#adabee

#bebcf2

#cecdf5

#deddf8

#efeefc

Tones

Color #9d9aeb mixed toward gray.

#a3a1e4

#aaa8de

#b0aed7

#b6b5d0

#bcbcc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cdb · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#9c9cd7 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#9dcdca · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9aeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9aeb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9d9aeb (#9d9aeb) is rgb(157, 154, 235) in RGB.

No, #9d9aeb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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