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Recognised as Colour

#909AEB

  • #909AEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#909AEB is a blue with RGB values 144, 154, 235 and HSL 233°, 69%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#909AEB#909AEB
HEX#909AEB
RGBrgb(144, 154, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6039, 0.9216
RGB percentages56.5%, 60.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(233.4, 69.5%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.4, 38.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK38.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,476,843
CSS custom property--colour: #909AEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.01:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#6F6514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7FA3EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#799DE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#75AAB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.2Medium purple · ΔE 24.8Steel blue · ΔE 26Plum · ΔE 27Royal blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE190
Analogous#90C8EB, #B390EB
Triadic#EB909A, #9AEB90
Split complementary#EBB390, #C8EB90
Tetradic#EB90C8, #EBE190, #90EBB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E9FB
Lighter +10%#BBC1F3
Darker −10%#6573E3
Darker −20%#3A4BDB
Darker −30%#2334BF
Darker −40%#1B2894
More saturated +25%#808DFB
Less saturated −25%#A0A7DB

Channel breakdown

R144
G154
B235
Red144 (56.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue233.41°
Saturation (HSL)69.47%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 9A · B EB

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