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Recognised as Colour

#93A7EF

  • #93A7EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#93A7EF is a blue with RGB values 147, 167, 239 and HSL 227°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#93A7EF#93A7EF
HEX#93A7EF
RGBrgb(147, 167, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.6549, 0.9373
RGB percentages57.6%, 65.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(227, 74.2%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227, 38.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK38.5%, 30.1%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,676,783
CSS custom property--colour: #93A7EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#6C5810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FAEF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#87A6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#76B5C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.4Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Light skyblue · ΔE 25.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.1Light steelblue · ΔE 27.4Plum · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDB93
Analogous#93D5EF, #AD93EF
Triadic#EF93A7, #A7EF93
Split complementary#EFAD93, #D5EF93
Tetradic#EF93D5, #EFDB93, #93EFAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECEFFC
Lighter +10%#BFCBF6
Darker −10%#6783E8
Darker −20%#3A5FE2
Darker −30%#1E44CB
Darker −40%#17359F
More saturated +25%#849EFF
Less saturated −25%#A3B0E0

Channel breakdown

R147
G167
B239
Red147 (57.6%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue226.96°
Saturation (HSL)74.19%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G A7 · B EF

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