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Recognised as Colour

#938DEB

  • #938DEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#938DEB is a blue with RGB values 147, 141, 235 and HSL 244°, 70%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#938DEB#938DEB
HEX#938DEB
RGBrgb(147, 141, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.5529, 0.9216
RGB percentages57.6%, 55.3%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(243.8, 70.1%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.8, 40%, 92.2%)
CMYK37.4%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,670,123
CSS custom property--colour: #938DEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#6C7214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E9AEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B95E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7B9FB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.2Slate blue · ΔE 23.7Royal blue · ΔE 23.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5EB8D
Analogous#8DB6EB, #C28DEB
Triadic#EB938D, #8DEB93
Split complementary#EBC28D, #B6EB8D
Tetradic#EB8DB6, #E5EB8D, #8DEBC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E4FA
Lighter +10%#BCB8F3
Darker −10%#6A62E3
Darker −20%#4136DC
Darker −30%#2B21BE
Darker −40%#211A92
More saturated +25%#847CFC
Less saturated −25%#A29EDA

Channel breakdown

R147
G141
B235
Red147 (57.6%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue243.83°
Saturation (HSL)70.15%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 8D · B EB

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