#9593EA

sRGB: 149 / 147 / 234

Restless currents dance upon still waters
Shimmering rivers flicker through endless evenings
Infinite wonders illuminate hidden worlds

#9593EA belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 149 red, 147 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 241.4° lands in the blue region. Its 67.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 74.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.64:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 149, 147, 234
HSL: 241.38°, 67.44%, 74.71%
HSV / HSB: 241.38°, 37.18%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 36.32%, 37.18%, 0.00%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.677, 33.197, 82.267
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.320, 21.090, -43.664
WCAG relative luminance: 0.33198
24-bit decimal: 9802730

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #9593EA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.64:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.75:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#E8EA93 sits half a turn (180°) from #9593EA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#9593EA #E8EA93

Analogous

#93BDEA and #C093EA sit 30° to either side of #9593EA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#93BDEA #9593EA #C093EA

Triadic

#9593EA, #EA9593 and #93EA95 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#9593EA #EA9593 #93EA95

Split complementary

Start at #9593EA and look across the wheel. #EAC093 and #BDEA93 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#9593EA #EAC093 #BDEA93

Square

Starting with #9593EA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EA93BD, #E8EA93, then #93EAC0. Across the square, #9593EA pairs with #E8EA93, and #EA93BD with #93EAC0.

#9593EA #EA93BD #E8EA93 #93EAC0

Tetradic

#9593EA and #E8EA93 are opposites, as are #EA93E8 and #93EA95. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#9593EA #EA93E8 #E8EA93 #93EA95

Tints

Mixing #9593EA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AAA9EE, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAE9FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#9593EA #AAA9EE #BFBEF2 #D5D4F7 #EAE9FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #9593EA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7776BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E1D2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#9593EA #7776BB #59588C #3C3B5E #1E1D2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #9593EA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #918FD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #848495, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#9593EA #918FD5 #8D8BC0 #8888AA #848495 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#9593EA

RGB

rgb(149 147 234)

HSL

hsl(241.379 67.442% 74.706%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #9593EA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#9593EA uses 149 red, 147 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.4%

Green 57.6%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #9593EA is 36.3% cyan, 37.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 36.3%

Magenta 37.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 8.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #9999EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #99E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #9593EA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #9999EE Nearest web-safe: #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#9593EA #A3A2DC #B1B0CD #BFBFBF #CCCDB0 #DADCA2 #E8EA93

Color vision previews

Compare how #9593EA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#779FED

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7499E8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#7EA4B3

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#829AEC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8098E9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9099D8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9C9C9C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9898C8

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.30054 G 0.29177 B 0.82279

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.58293 G 0.57673 B 0.89391

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.29899 G 0.29206 B 0.77542

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.246 y 0.217 Y 33.197

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 41.569 M % 42.353 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

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