Colour

#919ADD

#919ADD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#919ADD is a blue with RGB values 145, 154, 221 and HSL 233°, 53%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#919ADD

RGBrgb(145, 154, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.6039, 0.8667

RGB percentages56.9%, 60.4%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(232.9, 52.8%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(232.9, 34.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK34.4%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,542,365

CSS custom property--colour: #919ADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1

Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#6E6522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85A1E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#809CDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7CA7B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15 Steel blue · ΔE 21.1 Plum · ΔE 25.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 27.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 28.3 Dodgerblue · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DDD491

Analogous#91C0DD, #AE91DD

Triadic#DD919A, #9ADD91

Split complementary#DDAE91, #C0DD91

Tetradic#DD91C0, #DDD491, #91DDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DFE2F5

Lighter +10%#B8BEE9

Darker −10%#6A76D1

Darker −20%#4352C5

Darker −30%#3240A3

Darker −40%#26307C

More saturated +25%#7F8CEF

Less saturated −25%#A3A8CB

Channel breakdown

R145

G154

B221

Red145 (56.9%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue232.89°

Saturation (HSL)52.78%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 91 · G 9A · B DD

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