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Recognised as Colour

#949DDA

  • #949DDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#949DDA is a blue with RGB values 148, 157, 218 and HSL 232°, 49%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#949DDA#949DDA
HEX#949DDA
RGBrgb(148, 157, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6157, 0.8549
RGB percentages58%, 61.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(232.3, 48.6%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.3, 32.1%, 85.5%)
CMYK32.1%, 28%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,739,738
CSS custom property--colour: #949DDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#6B6225

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BA3DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#869ED8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#81A8B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.8Steel blue · ΔE 20.3Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2Plum · ΔE 24.9Light skyblue · ΔE 25.9Light slate grey · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAD194
Analogous#94C0DA, #AE94DA
Triadic#DA949D, #9DDA94
Split complementary#DAAE94, #C0DA94
Tetradic#DA94C0, #DAD194, #94DAAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0E2F4
Lighter +10%#BAC0E7
Darker −10%#6E7ACD
Darker −20%#4858C0
Darker −30%#37449E
Darker −40%#2A3478
More saturated +25%#8290EC
Less saturated −25%#A6AAC8

Channel breakdown

R148
G157
B218
Red148 (58%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue232.29°
Saturation (HSL)48.61%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 9D · B DA

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