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Recognised as Colour

#93AAE4

  • #93AAE4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#93AAE4 is a blue with RGB values 147, 170, 228 and HSL 223°, 60%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#93AAE4#93AAE4
HEX#93AAE4
RGBrgb(147, 170, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.6667, 0.8941
RGB percentages57.6%, 66.7%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(223, 60%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223, 35.5%, 89.4%)
CMYK35.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,677,540
CSS custom property--colour: #93AAE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40554WCAG 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 9.11:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#6C551B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97AFE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA7E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7BB6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 20Sky blue · ΔE 25Thistle · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4CD93
Analogous#93D3E4, #A493E4
Triadic#E493AA, #AAE493
Split complementary#E4A493, #D3E493
Tetradic#E493D3, #E4CD93, #93E4A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5EAF8
Lighter +10%#BCCAEE
Darker −10%#6A8ADA
Darker −20%#416AD0
Darker −30%#2C52B2
Darker −40%#223F89
More saturated +25%#82A3F5
Less saturated −25%#A4B1D3

Channel breakdown

R147
G170
B228
Red147 (57.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue222.96°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G AA · B E4

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