#9f96ed

Color #9f96ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.6 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9f96ed

RGB

rgb(159, 150, 237)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 70.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 36.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(65.98, 22.85, -42.66)

LCH

lch(65.98, 48.39, 298.17)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.1251, 287.54)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 58.8%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4ed96

Analogous

#96b9ed

#9f96ed

#cb96ed

Triadic

#9f96ed

#ed9f96

#96ed9f

Split-complementary

#9f96ed

#edcb96

#b9ed96

Tetradic

#9f96ed

#ed96e4

#e4ed96

#96ed9f

Square

#9f96ed

#ed96b9

#e4ed96

#96edcb

Shades

Color #9f96ed mixed toward black.

#6d5fe4

#3a28da

#2a1ca5

#1c136e

#0e0937

Tints

Color #9f96ed mixed toward white.

#afa8f0

#bfb9f3

#cfcbf6

#dfdcf9

#efeefc

Tones

Color #9f96ed mixed toward gray.

#a59de6

#aba5df

#b0acd7

#b6b3d0

#bcbac9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bdc · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9c9cd8 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#9fcdca · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f96ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f96ed]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9f96ed (#9f96ed) is rgb(159, 150, 237) in RGB.

No, #9f96ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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