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Recognised as Colour

#94AEED

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

#94AEED is a blue with RGB values 148, 174, 237 and HSL 222°, 71%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#94AEED#94AEED
HEX#94AEED
RGBrgb(148, 174, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6824, 0.9294
RGB percentages58%, 68.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(222.5, 71.2%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 37.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK37.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,744,109
CSS custom property--colour: #94AEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#6B5112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#90ABECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#78BBC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.9Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 21.6Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.3Sky blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD394
Analogous#94DBED, #A694ED
Triadic#ED94AE, #AEED94
Split complementary#EDA694, #DBED94
Tetradic#ED94DB, #EDD394, #94EDA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF0FC
Lighter +10%#C0CFF4
Darker −10%#688DE6
Darker −20%#3D6CDE
Darker −30%#2152C7
Darker −40%#1A409B
More saturated +25%#84A8FD
Less saturated −25%#A4B4DD

Channel breakdown

R148
G174
B237
Red148 (58%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue222.47°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G AE · B ED

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