#9f96e2

Color #9f96e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.44 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9f96e2

RGB

rgb(159, 150, 226)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 56.7%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 33.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(65.49, 20.05, -37.35)

LCH

lch(65.49, 42.39, 298.23)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1098, 288.7)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 58.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9e296

Analogous

#96b3e2

#9f96e2

#c596e2

Triadic

#9f96e2

#e29f96

#96e29f

Split-complementary

#9f96e2

#e2c596

#b3e296

Tetradic

#9f96e2

#e296d9

#d9e296

#96e29f

Square

#9f96e2

#e296b3

#d9e296

#96e2c5

Shades

Color #9f96e2 mixed toward black.

#7265d4

#4736c4

#352993

#241b62

#120e31

Tints

Color #9f96e2 mixed toward white.

#afa7e7

#bfb9ec

#cfcaf0

#dfdcf5

#efedfa

Tones

Color #9f96e2 mixed toward gray.

#a49cdc

#a9a3d5

#ada9cf

#b2afc9

#b7b6c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bd3 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9c9ccf · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#9fc6c3 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f96e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f96e2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9f96e2 (#9f96e2) is rgb(159, 150, 226) in RGB.

No, #9f96e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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