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Recognised as Colour

#91BEDB

  • #91BEDB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#91BEDB is a blue with RGB values 145, 190, 219 and HSL 204°, 51%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#91BEDB#91BEDB
HEX#91BEDB
RGBrgb(145, 190, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.7451, 0.8588
RGB percentages56.9%, 74.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(203.5, 50.7%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.5, 33.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK33.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,551,579
CSS custom property--colour: #91BEDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#6E4124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1BDDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B4DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#78C6C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light steelblue · ΔE 8.6Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Light blue · ΔE 12.3Powder blue · ΔE 17.1Silver · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBAE91
Analogous#91DBD3, #9199DB
Triadic#DB91BE, #BEDB91
Split complementary#DB9199, #DBD391
Tetradic#D391DB, #DBAE91, #99DB91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEEBF4
Lighter +10%#B7D5E8
Darker −10%#6BA7CE
Darker −20%#4491C2
Darker −30%#34759F
Darker −40%#275979
More saturated +25%#7FC2ED
Less saturated −25%#A3BAC9

Channel breakdown

R145
G190
B219
Red145 (56.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue203.51°
Saturation (HSL)50.68%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G BE · B DB

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