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Recognised as Colour

#909AFD

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

#909AFD is a blue with RGB values 144, 154, 253 and HSL 234°, 96%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#909AFD#909AFD
HEX#909AFD
RGBrgb(144, 154, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6039, 0.9922
RGB percentages56.5%, 60.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(234.5, 96.5%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.5, 43.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK43.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,476,861
CSS custom property--colour: #909AFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.23:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#6F6502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#76A6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E9EFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6CAEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.5Medium purple · ΔE 19.6Royal blue · ΔE 24.5Slate blue · ΔE 27.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDF390
Analogous#90D0FD, #BD90FD
Triadic#FD909A, #9AFD90
Split complementary#FDBD90, #D1FD90
Tetradic#FD90D0, #FDF390, #90FDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F5FF
Lighter +10%#C2C8FE
Darker −10%#5E6CFC
Darker −20%#2C3FFB
Darker −30%#041AF0
Darker −40%#0314BE
More saturated +25%#8E98FF
Less saturated −25%#9EA6EF

Channel breakdown

R144
G154
B253
Red144 (56.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue234.5°
Saturation (HSL)96.46%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 9A · B FD

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