#9e99ea

Color #9e99ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.83 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9e99ea

RGB

rgb(158, 153, 234)

HSL

hsl(243.7, 65.9%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.7, 34.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(66.51, 20.09, -40.18)

LCH

lch(66.51, 44.92, 296.57)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1166, 285.88)

HWB

hwb(243.7, 60%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ea99

Analogous

#99bdea

#9e99ea

#c799ea

Triadic

#9e99ea

#ea9e99

#99ea9e

Split-complementary

#9e99ea

#eac799

#bdea99

Tetradic

#9e99ea

#ea99e5

#e5ea99

#99ea9e

Square

#9e99ea

#ea99bd

#e5ea99

#99eac7

Shades

Color #9e99ea mixed toward black.

#6b64df

#382ed4

#2921a1

#1b166b

#0e0b36

Tints

Color #9e99ea mixed toward white.

#aeaaee

#bebbf1

#cfccf5

#dfddf8

#efeefc

Tones

Color #9e99ea mixed toward gray.

#a4a0e3

#aaa7dd

#b0add6

#b6b4cf

#bcbbc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cda · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#9c9dd6 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#9eccc9 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e99ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e99ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9e99ea (#9e99ea) is rgb(158, 153, 234) in RGB.

No, #9e99ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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