#9e8fee

Color #9e8fee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.21 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9e8fee

RGB

rgb(158, 143, 238)

HSL

hsl(249.5, 73.6%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.5, 39.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.6%, 39.9%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(64.23, 26.84, -45.96)

LCH

lch(64.23, 53.22, 300.28)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1369, 289.64)

HWB

hwb(249.5, 56.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfee8f

Analogous

#8fafee

#9e8fee

#ce8fee

Triadic

#9e8fee

#ee9e8f

#8fee9e

Split-complementary

#9e8fee

#eece8f

#afee8f

Tetradic

#9e8fee

#ee8fdf

#dfee8f

#8fee9e

Square

#9e8fee

#ee8faf

#dfee8f

#8feece

Shades

Color #9e8fee mixed toward black.

#6e58e6

#3f22dc

#2f19a5

#20116e

#100837

Tints

Color #9e8fee mixed toward white.

#aea2f1

#beb4f4

#cfc7f6

#dfdaf9

#efecfc

Tones

Color #9e8fee mixed toward gray.

#a397e6

#a99fde

#aea7d6

#b4afce

#b9b7c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898dc · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#999ad7 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#9dccc8 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e8fee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e8fee]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9e8fee (#9e8fee) is rgb(158, 143, 238) in RGB.

No, #9e8fee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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