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Recognised as Colour

#94A4EB

  • #94A4EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#94A4EB is a blue with RGB values 148, 164, 235 and HSL 229°, 69%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#94A4EB#94A4EB
HEX#94A4EB
RGBrgb(148, 164, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6431, 0.9216
RGB percentages58%, 64.3%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(229, 68.5%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229, 37%, 92.2%)
CMYK37%, 30.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,741,547
CSS custom property--colour: #94A4EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#6B5B14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DABEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A4E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7AB2BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.8Steel blue · ΔE 23Light skyblue · ΔE 26.4Plum · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 27.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDB94
Analogous#94D0EB, #B094EB
Triadic#EB94A4, #A4EB94
Split complementary#EBB094, #D0EB94
Tetradic#EB94D0, #EBDB94, #94EBB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAEDFB
Lighter +10%#BFC9F3
Darker −10%#697FE3
Darker −20%#3E5BDB
Darker −30%#2441C2
Darker −40%#1C3397
More saturated +25%#849AFB
Less saturated −25%#A4AEDB

Channel breakdown

R148
G164
B235
Red148 (58%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue228.97°
Saturation (HSL)68.5%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G A4 · B EB

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