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Recognised as Colour

#94B0EF

  • #94B0EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#94B0EF is a blue with RGB values 148, 176, 239 and HSL 222°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#94B0EF#94B0EF
HEX#94B0EF
RGBrgb(148, 176, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6902, 0.9373
RGB percentages58%, 69%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(221.5, 74%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 38.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK38.1%, 26.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,744,623
CSS custom property--colour: #94B0EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.72:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#6B4F10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB5F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#92ADEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#77BDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.2Light skyblue · ΔE 19.2Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.7Sky blue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD394
Analogous#94DDEF, #A694EF
Triadic#EF94B0, #B0EF94
Split complementary#EFA694, #DDEF94
Tetradic#EF94DD, #EFD394, #94EFA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF2FC
Lighter +10%#C0D1F6
Darker −10%#688FE8
Darker −20%#3B6EE2
Darker −30%#1E54CC
Darker −40%#18419F
More saturated +25%#85AAFE
Less saturated −25%#A3B6E0

Channel breakdown

R148
G176
B239
Red148 (58%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue221.54°
Saturation (HSL)73.98%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G B0 · B EF

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