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Recognised as Colour

#948BCA

  • #948BCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#948BCA is a blue with RGB values 148, 139, 202 and HSL 249°, 37%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#948BCA#948BCA
HEX#948BCA
RGBrgb(148, 139, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.5451, 0.7922
RGB percentages58%, 54.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(248.6, 37.3%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.6, 31.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK26.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,735,114
CSS custom property--colour: #948BCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#6B7435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A94CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B91C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8896A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6Plum · ΔE 22Steel blue · ΔE 22.8Medium purple · ΔE 27.8Light slate grey · ΔE 28.5Slate grey · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1CA8B
Analogous#8BA2CA, #B38BCA
Triadic#CA948B, #8BCA94
Split complementary#CAB38B, #A2CA8B
Tetradic#CA8BA2, #C1CA8B, #8BCAB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F4FA
Lighter +20%#D5D1EA
Lighter +10%#B4AEDA
Darker −10%#7468BA
Darker −20%#584BA4
Darker −30%#453B81
Darker −40%#322B5E
More saturated +25%#8576DF
Less saturated −25%#A3A0B5

Channel breakdown

R148
G139
B202
Red148 (58%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue248.57°
Saturation (HSL)37.28%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 8B · B CA

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