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Recognised as Colour

#939EDA

  • #939EDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#939EDA is a blue with RGB values 147, 158, 218 and HSL 231°, 49%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#939EDA#939EDA
HEX#939EDA
RGBrgb(147, 158, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.6196, 0.8549
RGB percentages57.6%, 62%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(230.7, 49%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.7, 32.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK32.6%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,674,458
CSS custom property--colour: #939EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.14:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#6C6125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CA4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#879FD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#80A9B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.4Light skyblue · ΔE 25Plum · ΔE 25.5Light slate grey · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACF93
Analogous#93C2DA, #AB93DA
Triadic#DA939E, #9EDA93
Split complementary#DAAB93, #C2DA93
Tetradic#DA93C2, #DACF93, #93DAAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE2F4
Lighter +10%#B9C0E7
Darker −10%#6D7CCD
Darker −20%#475AC0
Darker −30%#36469E
Darker −40%#293578
More saturated +25%#8191EC
Less saturated −25%#A5ABC8

Channel breakdown

R147
G158
B218
Red147 (57.6%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue230.7°
Saturation (HSL)48.97%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 9E · B DA

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