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Recognised as Colour

#93AFED

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

#93AFED is a blue with RGB values 147, 175, 237 and HSL 221°, 71%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#93AFED#93AFED
HEX#93AFED
RGBrgb(147, 175, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.6863, 0.9294
RGB percentages57.6%, 68.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(221.3, 71.4%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 38%, 92.9%)
CMYK38%, 26.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,678,829
CSS custom property--colour: #93AFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.6:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#6C5012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB4F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#91ACECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#76BCC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.4Light skyblue · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.6Sky blue · ΔE 25.2
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#EDD193
Analogous#93DCED, #A493ED
Triadic#ED93AF, #AFED93
Split complementary#EDA493, #DCED93
Tetradic#ED93DC, #EDD193, #93EDA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF0FC
Lighter +10%#BFCFF4
Darker −10%#678FE6
Darker −20%#3C6EDE
Darker −30%#2154C6
Darker −40%#1A429A
More saturated +25%#83A9FD
Less saturated −25%#A3B5DD

Channel breakdown

R147
G175
B237
Red147 (57.6%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue221.33°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G AF · B ED

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