#9f91ef

Color #9f91ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.17 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9f91ef

RGB

rgb(159, 145, 239)

HSL

hsl(248.9, 74.6%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.9, 39.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 39.3%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(64.85, 26.22, -45.54)

LCH

lch(64.85, 52.55, 299.93)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.1352, 289.31)

HWB

hwb(248.9, 56.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1ef91

Analogous

#91b2ef

#9f91ef

#ce91ef

Triadic

#9f91ef

#ef9f91

#91ef9f

Split-complementary

#9f91ef

#efce91

#b2ef91

Tetradic

#9f91ef

#ef91e1

#e1ef91

#91ef9f

Square

#9f91ef

#ef91b2

#e1ef91

#91efce

Shades

Color #9f91ef mixed toward black.

#6e59e7

#3d21df

#2e18a8

#1e1070

#0f0838

Tints

Color #9f91ef mixed toward white.

#afa3f2

#bfb6f4

#cfc8f7

#dfdafa

#efedfc

Tones

Color #9f91ef mixed toward gray.

#a499e7

#aaa1df

#afa9d8

#b5b0d0

#bbb8c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999dd · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#9a9bd8 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#9ecdca · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f91ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f91ef]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9f91ef (#9f91ef) is rgb(159, 145, 239) in RGB.

No, #9f91ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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