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Recognised as Colour

#94AEDB

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

#94AEDB is a blue with RGB values 148, 174, 219 and HSL 218°, 50%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#94AEDB#94AEDB
HEX#94AEDB
RGBrgb(148, 174, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6824, 0.8588
RGB percentages58%, 68.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(218, 49.7%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 32.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK32.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,744,091
CSS custom property--colour: #94AEDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.34:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#6B5124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB1DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#97AADAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7FB7BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 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 text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7Sky blue · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 20.2Light slate grey · ΔE 21Thistle · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBC194
Analogous#94D2DB, #9D94DB
Triadic#DB94AE, #AEDB94
Split complementary#DB9D94, #D2DB94
Tetradic#DB94D2, #DBC194, #94DB9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0E8F5
Lighter +10%#BACBE8
Darker −10%#6E91CE
Darker −20%#4874C1
Darker −30%#365DA0
Darker −40%#29477A
More saturated +25%#82A9ED
Less saturated −25%#A6B3C9

Channel breakdown

R148
G174
B219
Red148 (58%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue218.03°
Saturation (HSL)49.65%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G AE · B DB

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