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Recognised as Colour

#9199DB

  • #9199DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9199DB is a blue with RGB values 145, 153, 219 and HSL 234°, 51%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9199DB#9199DB
HEX#9199DB
RGBrgb(145, 153, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.6, 0.8588
RGB percentages56.9%, 60%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(233.5, 50.7%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.5, 33.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK33.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,542,107
CSS custom property--colour: #9199DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#6E6624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85A0DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#809BD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7DA6B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.4Steel blue · ΔE 20.9Plum · ΔE 25Light steelblue · ΔE 27.3Light skyblue · ΔE 28.3Light slate grey · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBD391
Analogous#91BEDB, #AE91DB
Triadic#DB9199, #99DB91
Split complementary#DBAE91, #BEDB91
Tetradic#DB91BE, #DBD391, #91DBAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE0F4
Lighter +10%#B7BDE8
Darker −10%#6B75CE
Darker −20%#4452C2
Darker −30%#34409F
Darker −40%#273079
More saturated +25%#7F8BED
Less saturated −25%#A3A7C9

Channel breakdown

R145
G153
B219
Red145 (56.9%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue233.51°
Saturation (HSL)50.68%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G 99 · B DB

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