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Recognised as Colour

#94B4DB

  • #94B4DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#94B4DB is a blue with RGB values 148, 180, 219 and HSL 213°, 50%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#94B4DB#94B4DB
HEX#94B4DB
RGBrgb(148, 180, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.7059, 0.8588
RGB percentages58%, 70.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(213, 49.7%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213, 32.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK32.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,745,627
CSS custom property--colour: #94B4DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44053WCAG 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 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#6B4B24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B5DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAEDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7EBDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Light skyblue · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 15Light blue · ΔE 18.8Light slate grey · ΔE 20.3Thistle · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBBB94
Analogous#94D8DB, #9794DB
Triadic#DB94B4, #B4DB94
Split complementary#DB9794, #D8DB94
Tetradic#DB94D8, #DBBB94, #94DB97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0E9F5
Lighter +10%#BACFE8
Darker −10%#6E99CE
Darker −20%#487FC1
Darker −30%#3666A0
Darker −40%#294E7A
More saturated +25%#82B2ED
Less saturated −25%#A6B6C9

Channel breakdown

R148
G180
B219
Red148 (58%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue212.96°
Saturation (HSL)49.65%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G B4 · B DB

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