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Recognised as Colour

#94ACDB

  • #94ACDB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#94ACDB is a blue with RGB values 148, 172, 219 and HSL 220°, 50%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#94ACDB#94ACDB
HEX#94ACDB
RGBrgb(148, 172, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6745, 0.8588
RGB percentages58%, 67.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(219.7, 49.7%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.7, 32.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK32.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,743,579
CSS custom property--colour: #94ACDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#6B5324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CAFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A8DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7FB6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 19.8Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Light slate grey · ΔE 21.5Thistle · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBC394
Analogous#94D0DB, #A094DB
Triadic#DB94AC, #ACDB94
Split complementary#DBA094, #CFDB94
Tetradic#DB94CF, #DBC394, #94DBA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0E7F5
Lighter +10%#BACAE8
Darker −10%#6E8ECE
Darker −20%#4871C1
Darker −30%#365AA0
Darker −40%#29447A
More saturated +25%#82A6ED
Less saturated −25%#A6B2C9

Channel breakdown

R148
G172
B219
Red148 (58%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue219.72°
Saturation (HSL)49.65%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G AC · B DB

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