#9e86fb

Color #9e86fb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9e86fb

RGB

rgb(158, 134, 251)

HSL

hsl(252.3, 93.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.3, 46.6%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.1%, 46.6%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(62.75, 35.38, -55.46)

LCH

lch(62.75, 65.78, 302.54)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.1675, 290.8)

HWB

hwb(252.3, 52.5%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3fb86

Analogous

#86a9fb

#9e86fb

#d986fb

Triadic

#9e86fb

#fb9e86

#86fb9e

Split-complementary

#9e86fb

#fbd986

#a9fb86

Tetradic

#9e86fb

#fb86e3

#e3fb86

#86fb9e

Square

#9e86fb

#fb86a9

#e3fb86

#86fbd9

Shades

Color #9e86fb mixed toward black.

#6c48f9

#3a0af7

#2b06ba

#1d047c

#0e023e

Tints

Color #9e86fb mixed toward white.

#ae9afc

#beaefc

#cfc3fd

#dfd7fe

#efebfe

Tones

Color #9e86fb mixed toward gray.

#a490f1

#aa9ae8

#afa3de

#b5add4

#bbb7ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494e6 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#9697e0 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#9dd3ce · ΔE 33.4

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e86fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e86fb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9e86fb (#9e86fb) is rgb(158, 134, 251) in RGB.

No, #9e86fb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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