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Recognised as Colour

#93B4DB

  • #93B4DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#93B4DB is a blue with RGB values 147, 180, 219 and HSL 212°, 50%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#93B4DB#93B4DB
HEX#93B4DB
RGBrgb(147, 180, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.7059, 0.8588
RGB percentages57.6%, 70.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(212.5, 50%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.5, 32.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK32.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,680,091
CSS custom property--colour: #93B4DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#6C4B24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B5DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DAEDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7DBDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.2Light skyblue · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 18.8Light slate grey · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBBA93
Analogous#93D8DB, #9693DB
Triadic#DB93B4, #B4DB93
Split complementary#DB9693, #D8DB93
Tetradic#DB93D8, #DBBA93, #93DB96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE9F4
Lighter +10%#B9CFE8
Darker −10%#6D99CE
Darker −20%#467FC1
Darker −30%#3566A0
Darker −40%#294E79
More saturated +25%#81B3ED
Less saturated −25%#A5B5C9

Channel breakdown

R147
G180
B219
Red147 (57.6%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue212.5°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G B4 · B DB

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