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Recognised as Colour

#94ACEA

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

#94ACEA is a blue with RGB values 148, 172, 234 and HSL 223°, 67%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#94ACEA#94ACEA
HEX#94ACEA
RGBrgb(148, 172, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6745, 0.9176
RGB percentages58%, 67.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(223.3, 67.2%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.3, 36.8%, 91.8%)
CMYK36.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,743,594
CSS custom property--colour: #94ACEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#6B5315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FAAE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7AB8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.1Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.2Light steelblue · ΔE 21.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.9Sky blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAD294
Analogous#94D7EA, #A794EA
Triadic#EA94AC, #ACEA94
Split complementary#EAA794, #D7EA94
Tetradic#EA94D7, #EAD294, #94EAA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9EEFB
Lighter +10%#BFCDF2
Darker −10%#698BE2
Darker −20%#3F6AD9
Darker −30%#2651BF
Darker −40%#1D3F95
More saturated +25%#84A5FA
Less saturated −25%#A4B3DA

Channel breakdown

R148
G172
B234
Red148 (58%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue223.26°
Saturation (HSL)67.19%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G AC · B EA

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