Colour

#91AEFF

#91AEFF
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Nearest: Cornflower blue

#91AEFF is a blue with RGB values 145, 174, 255 and HSL 224°, 100%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#91AEFF#91AEFF

HEX#91AEFF

RGBrgb(145, 174, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.6824, 1

RGB percentages56.9%, 68.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(224.2, 100%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 43.1%, 100%)

CMYK43.1%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,547,519

CSS custom property--colour: #91AEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#6E5100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#91B5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#86ACFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#6ABFCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.7 Steel blue · ΔE 26.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 27 Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.1 Plum · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFE291

Analogous#91E5FF, #AB91FF

Triadic#FF91AE, #AEFF91

Split complementary#FFAB91, #E5FF91

Tetradic#FF91E5, #FFE291, #91FFAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F9FF

Lighter +10%#C4D4FF

Darker −10%#5E88FF

Darker −20%#2B63FF

Darker −30%#0041F7

Darker −40%#0034C4

More saturated +25%#91AEFF

Less saturated −25%#9FB4F1

Channel breakdown

R145

G174

B255

Red145 (56.9%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue224.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness78.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 91 · G AE · B FF

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