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Recognised as Colour

#94AFEF

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

#94AFEF is a blue with RGB values 148, 175, 239 and HSL 222°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#94AFEF#94AFEF
HEX#94AFEF
RGBrgb(148, 175, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6863, 0.9373
RGB percentages58%, 68.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(222.2, 74%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 38.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK38.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,744,367
CSS custom property--colour: #94AFEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.64:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#6B5010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B4F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#90ACEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#77BCC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 22Light steelblue · ΔE 22.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.1Sky blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD494
Analogous#94DCEF, #A794EF
Triadic#EF94AF, #AFEF94
Split complementary#EFA794, #DCEF94
Tetradic#EF94DC, #EFD494, #94EFA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF1FC
Lighter +10%#C0D0F6
Darker −10%#688EE8
Darker −20%#3B6DE2
Darker −30%#1E52CC
Darker −40%#18409F
More saturated +25%#85A9FE
Less saturated −25%#A3B5E0

Channel breakdown

R148
G175
B239
Red148 (58%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue222.2°
Saturation (HSL)73.98%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G AF · B EF

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