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Recognised as Colour

#938CCD

  • #938CCD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#938CCD is a blue with RGB values 147, 140, 205 and HSL 246°, 39%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#938CCD#938CCD
HEX#938CCD
RGBrgb(147, 140, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.549, 0.8039
RGB percentages57.6%, 54.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(246.5, 39.4%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.5, 31.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK28.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,669,837
CSS custom property--colour: #938CCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#6C7332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A95D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A92CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8697A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.4Plum · ΔE 22.4Steel blue · ΔE 22.8Medium purple · ΔE 27.1Light slate grey · ΔE 29.3Thistle · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6CD8C
Analogous#8CA6CD, #B38CCD
Triadic#CD938C, #8CCD93
Split complementary#CDB38C, #A6CD8C
Tetradic#CD8CA6, #C6CD8C, #8CCDB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F7FB
Lighter +20%#D6D3EC
Lighter +10%#B4B0DC
Darker −10%#7268BE
Darker −20%#544AA9
Darker −30%#423A86
Darker −40%#312B62
More saturated +25%#8377E2
Less saturated −25%#A3A1B8

Channel breakdown

R147
G140
B205
Red147 (57.6%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue246.46°
Saturation (HSL)39.39%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 8C · B CD

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