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#9792eb

a light, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Medium Purple

Token name suggestion: Meadow Denim

RGB
151, 146, 235
HSL
243°, 69%, 75%
CMYK
36, 38, 0, 8
Luminance
0.3314

#9792eb is a light vivid blue, 243° on the wheel and 81/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.63:1). As text it scores 2.75:1 on white — use #6A63E2 instead. Nearest name is Medium Purple, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(243 69% 75%)rgb(151 146 235)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #9792eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#9792eb
Hue
243°
blue
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3314
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
81/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.63:1
Closest name
Medium Purple
ΔE2000 10.4
Chroma
49.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.701
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 14.6
Web-safe
#9999FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue243° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #9792eb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool81% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red20%
Green62%
Blue18%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#9792eb
HEX (8-digit)#9792ebff
RGBrgb(151, 146, 235)
RGBArgba(151, 146, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(243, 69%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243, 38%, 92%)
HWBhwb(243 57% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 38%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(64.3 22.5 -44.3)
LCHlch(64.3 49.6 296.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.701 0.129 285.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(38.03, 33.13, 82.97)
Decimal9933547
Display P3color(display-p3 0.592 0.573 0.922)
Web-safe#9999FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #9792eb;
background-color: #9792eb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #9792eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#9792eb] bg-[#9792eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #9792eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.592, green: 0.573, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.592, green: 0.573, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#9792EB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF9792EB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF9792EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 146, 151)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(151, 146, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(151, 146, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 151, 146, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5922f, 0.5725f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{151,146,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #9792eb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #9792eb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#19146C, #D4D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #9792eb h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F3FB;
  --brand-100: #E8E7F8;
  --brand-200: #CCCAF2;
  --brand-300: #9792eb;
  --brand-400: #7771E5;
  --brand-500: #4A41DC;
  --brand-600: #3026CF;
  --brand-700: #2820AC;
  --brand-800: #20198A;
  --brand-900: #1B1664;
  --brand-950: #110E3F;
  --brand: #9792eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5F4FA;
  --brand-border: #C2C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #7A74E5;
  --brand-pressed: #5D56E0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #151424;
    --brand-ink: #D4D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F3FB',
        100: '#E8E7F8',
        200: '#CCCAF2',
        300: '#9792eb',
        400: '#7771E5',
        500: '#4A41DC',
        600: '#3026CF',
        700: '#2820AC',
        800: '#20198A',
        900: '#1B1664',
        950: '#110E3F',
        DEFAULT: '#9792eb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F3FB,
  '100': #E8E7F8,
  '200': #CCCAF2,
  '300': #9792eb,
  '400': #7771E5,
  '500': #4A41DC,
  '600': #3026CF,
  '700': #2820AC,
  '800': #20198A,
  '900': #1B1664,
  '950': #110E3F,
);
$brand-base: #9792eb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8E7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CCCAF2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9792eb", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7771E5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#4A41DC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3026CF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2820AC", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#20198A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1B1664", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#110E3F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #9792eb · 7.63:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.75:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.63:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #9792eb as text scores 2.75:1 on white and 7.63:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #19146C at 5.62:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6A63E2 · 4.67:1
AA on white−11% L
#6A63E2
The quick fox
#453CDB · 7.19:1
AAA on white−20% L
#453CDB
The quick fox
#9792eb · 7.63:1
AA on blackalready passes
#9792eb
The quick fox
#9792eb · 7.63:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#9792eb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8F89E9 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#9792eb on white: 2.75:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#9792eb on black: 7.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #9792eb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #9792eb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.75:1AaAa
Slate 502.63:1AaAa
Slate 1002.51:1AaAa
Slate 2002.23:1AaAa
Slate 3001.85:1AaAa
Slate 4001.07:1AaAa
Slate 5001.73:1AaAa
Slate 6002.75:1AaAa
Slate 7003.76:1AaAa
Slate 8005.31:1AaAa
Slate 9006.48:1AaAa
Black7.63:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #759EEE
deuteranopia · #7399E9
tritanopia · #81A3B3

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #9792eb is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F3FB
#E8E7F8
#CCCAF2
#9792eb
#7771E5
#4A41DC
#3026CF
#2820AC
#20198A
#1B1664
#110E3F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F4F3FBDarkest = 950 · #110E3FText step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.032 285.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.051 285.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.077 285.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.100 285.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.118 285.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.129 285.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.129 285.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.121 285.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.108 285.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.090 285.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.071 285.1);
}

Colors that work with #9792eb

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F5F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C2C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4F4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#B1931B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#19146C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAE9FB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#151424
Dark-mode background
Hover#7A74E5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5D56E0
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A39EF4
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #9792eb

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #19146C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8F89E9

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight25/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#E6EB92
Analogous left#92B9EB
Analogous right#C492EB
Split-complement 1#EBC492
Split-complement 2#B9EB92
Triadic 1#EB9792
Triadic 2#92EB97
Tetradic#EB92B9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°243°

#9792eb sits at 243°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red59.2%
Green57.3%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
151
0x97
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan35.7%
Magenta37.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 81%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#9792eb text on a black background

contrast 7.63:1

Card sample

#9792eb text on a white background

contrast 2.75:1

Card sample

#9792eb on grey

2.51:1

#9792eb on its own surface

2.52:1

#9792eb on its dark surface

6.59:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #9792eb;
Background color
Panel with #9792eb background
background-color: #9792eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #9792eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(151, 146, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(151, 146, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #9792eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9792eb, #D292EB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9792eb, #E992EB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #9792eb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #9792eb;
caret-color: #9792eb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #9792eb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAE9FB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #9792eb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#9792eb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #9792eb over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(151, 146, 235, 0.5)
rgb(151 146 235 / 50%)
#9792eb80
hsl(243 69% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #9792eb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9792eb1a#F5F4FD
20%#9792eb33#EAE9FB
40%#9792eb66#D5D3F7
60%#9792eb99#C1BEF3
80%#9792ebcc#ACA8EF

Gradients from #9792eb

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C8C6F4, #9792eb 45%, #19146C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #9792eb, #D178E6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9792eb, #E6EB92);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E1E0F9 0%, #9792eb 45%, #19146C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #BDD9F3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D7ACF0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #19146C 0%, transparent 65%), #9792eb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #9792eb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#9792eb in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.63:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#9792eb, answered

What color is #9792eb?

#9792eb is a light vivid blue, closest to Medium Purple (ΔE2000 10.4). It sits at 243° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #9792eb?

rgb(151, 146, 235) — 151 red, 146 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 59.2% / 57.3% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #9792eb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(243, 69%, 75%) and hsv(243, 38%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #9792eb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3314 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 7.63:1.

Should I use black or white text on #9792eb?

Black. It scores 7.63:1 against #9792eb, versus 2.75:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #9792eb accessible on a white background?

#9792eb on white scores 2.75:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6A63E2 to reach 4.5:1, or #453CDB for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #9792eb?

#E6EB92 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #EBC492 and #B9EB92, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #9792eb?

For interface work: #F5F4FA as the surface, #C2C0ED for borders, #4F4B9B for secondary text, #B1931B as an accent and #19146C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #92B9EB and #C492EB stays calm, while #E6EB92 is the loudest partner.

What is #9792eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(36%, 38%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #9792eb warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 81 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B892EB; nudged cooler, #91ADEC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #9792eb?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 14.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #9792eb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #9792eb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#9792eb] or text-[#9792eb], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #9792eb with 50% opacity?

rgba(151, 146, 235, 0.5), or #9792eb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CBC9F5; over black, #4C4976.

Is #9792eb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9999FF, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #9792eb mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #9792eb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C8C6F4, #9792eb 45%, #19146C). For more colour, a short hue run to #D178E6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #9792eb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #9792eb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.