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Recognised as Colour

#9285EE

  • #9285EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9285EE is a blue with RGB values 146, 133, 238 and HSL 247°, 76%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9285EE#9285EE
HEX#9285EE
RGBrgb(146, 133, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.5216, 0.9333
RGB percentages57.3%, 52.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(247.4, 75.5%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.4, 44.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK38.7%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,602,542
CSS custom property--colour: #9285EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#6D7A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F95F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E90ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#799AAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.5Slate blue · ΔE 18Royal blue · ΔE 19.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1EE85
Analogous#85ADEE, #C685EE
Triadic#EE9285, #85EE92
Split complementary#EEC685, #ADEE85
Tetradic#EE85AD, #E1EE85, #85EEC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2DFFA
Lighter +10%#BAB2F4
Darker −10%#6A58E8
Darker −20%#422BE2
Darker −30%#2F1BBF
Darker −40%#241493
More saturated +25%#8574FF
Less saturated −25%#9F96DD

Channel breakdown

R146
G133
B238
Red146 (57.3%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue247.43°
Saturation (HSL)75.54%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 85 · B EE

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