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Recognised as Colour

#909BE6

  • #909BE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#909BE6 is a blue with RGB values 144, 155, 230 and HSL 232°, 63%, 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

#909BE6#909BE6
HEX#909BE6
RGBrgb(144, 155, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6078, 0.902
RGB percentages56.5%, 60.8%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(232.3, 63.2%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.3, 37.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK37.4%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,477,094
CSS custom property--colour: #909BE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.02:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#6F6419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83A3E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D9DE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#77AAB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 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 text8.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.9Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.4Plum · ΔE 26.3Medium purple · ΔE 27.4Light skyblue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6DB90
Analogous#90C6E6, #B090E6
Triadic#E6909B, #9BE690
Split complementary#E6B090, #C6E690
Tetradic#E690C6, #E6DB90, #90E6B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E6F9
Lighter +10%#BAC1EF
Darker −10%#6675DD
Darker −20%#3D50D3
Darker −30%#293AB4
Darker −40%#1F2D8B
More saturated +25%#7F8EF7
Less saturated −25%#A1A8D5

Channel breakdown

R144
G155
B230
Red144 (56.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue232.33°
Saturation (HSL)63.24%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 9B · B E6

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