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Recognised as Colour

#909BE3

  • #909BE3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#909BE3 is a blue with RGB values 144, 155, 227 and HSL 232°, 60%, 73%. 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

#909BE3#909BE3
HEX#909BE3
RGBrgb(144, 155, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6078, 0.8902
RGB percentages56.5%, 60.8%, 89%
HSLhsl(232, 59.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232, 36.6%, 89%)
CMYK36.6%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,477,091
CSS custom property--colour: #909BE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#6F641C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#84A3E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E9DE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#78A9B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.8Steel blue · ΔE 22.5Plum · ΔE 26Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.7Medium purple · ΔE 28.7Light skyblue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3D890
Analogous#90C4E3, #AE90E3
Triadic#E3909B, #9BE390
Split complementary#E3AE90, #C4E390
Tetradic#E390C4, #E3D890, #90E3AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E4F8
Lighter +10%#B9C0ED
Darker −10%#6776D9
Darker −20%#3F52CE
Darker −30%#2C3DAE
Darker −40%#222F85
More saturated +25%#7F8EF4
Less saturated −25%#A1A8D2

Channel breakdown

R144
G155
B227
Red144 (56.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue232.05°
Saturation (HSL)59.71%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 9B · B E3

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