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Recognised as Colour

#949EC1

  • #949EC1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#949EC1 is a blue with RGB values 148, 158, 193 and HSL 227°, 27%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#949EC1#949EC1
HEX#949EC1
RGBrgb(148, 158, 193)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6196, 0.7569
RGB percentages58%, 62%, 75.7%
HSLhsl(226.7, 26.6%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 23.3%, 75.7%)
CMYK23.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,739,969
CSS custom property--colour: #949EC1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#6B613E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A1C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#919DC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#89A5AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Slate grey · ΔE 16.5Thistle · ΔE 19.9Dark grey · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1B794
Analogous#94B5C1, #A094C1
Triadic#C1949E, #9EC194
Split complementary#C1A094, #B5C194
Tetradic#C194B5, #C1B794, #94C1A1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F6F9
Lighter +20%#D5D9E6
Lighter +10%#B4BBD4
Darker −10%#7481AE
Darker −20%#586697
Darker −30%#455077
Darker −40%#323A57
More saturated +25%#7F92D6
Less saturated −25%#A9AAAC

Channel breakdown

R148
G158
B193
Red148 (58%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue193 (75.7%)
Hue226.67°
Saturation (HSL)26.63%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 9E · B C1

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