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Recognised as Colour

#91BCE6

  • #91BCE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#91BCE6 is a blue with RGB values 145, 188, 230 and HSL 210°, 63%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#91BCE6#91BCE6
HEX#91BCE6
RGBrgb(145, 188, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.7373, 0.902
RGB percentages56.9%, 73.7%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(209.6, 63%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.6, 37%, 90.2%)
CMYK37%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,551,078
CSS custom property--colour: #91BCE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.54:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#6E4319

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACBDE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B4E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#74C6CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.3Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Light blue · ΔE 18.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9Steel blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6BB91
Analogous#91E6E5, #9192E6
Triadic#E691BC, #BCE691
Split complementary#E69192, #E6E591
Tetradic#E691E6, #E6BB91, #92E691

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EFF9
Lighter +10%#BBD5EF
Darker −10%#67A3DD
Darker −20%#3E89D3
Darker −30%#2970B5
Darker −40%#20568B
More saturated +25%#80BCF7
Less saturated −25%#A2BCD5

Channel breakdown

R145
G188
B230
Red145 (56.9%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue209.65°
Saturation (HSL)62.96%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G BC · B E6

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