#9f87ef

Color #9f87ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.96 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9f87ef

RGB

rgb(159, 135, 239)

HSL

hsl(253.8, 76.5%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.8, 43.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 43.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(62.45, 31.93, -49.32)

LCH

lch(62.45, 58.75, 302.92)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.1503, 292.62)

HWB

hwb(253.8, 52.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7ef87

Analogous

#87a3ef

#9f87ef

#d387ef

Triadic

#9f87ef

#ef9f87

#87ef9f

Split-complementary

#9f87ef

#efd387

#a3ef87

Tetradic

#9f87ef

#ef87d7

#d7ef87

#87ef9f

Square

#9f87ef

#ef87a3

#d7ef87

#87efd3

Shades

Color #9f87ef mixed toward black.

#7350e8

#491ddc

#3716a5

#250f6e

#120737

Tints

Color #9f87ef mixed toward white.

#af9bf2

#bfaff4

#cfc3f7

#dfd7fa

#efebfc

Tones

Color #9f87ef mixed toward gray.

#a390e6

#a898de

#ada1d5

#b2aacc

#b6b2c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595dc · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#9798d7 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#9ecbc7 · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 25.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9f87ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f87ef]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9f87ef (#9f87ef) is rgb(159, 135, 239) in RGB.

No, #9f87ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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