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Recognised as Colour

#958DCE

  • #958DCE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#958DCE is a blue with RGB values 149, 141, 206 and HSL 247°, 40%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#958DCE#958DCE
HEX#958DCE
RGBrgb(149, 141, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.5529, 0.8078
RGB percentages58.4%, 55.3%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(247.4, 39.9%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.4, 31.6%, 80.8%)
CMYK27.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,801,166
CSS custom property--colour: #958DCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.98:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#6A7231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B96D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B93CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8898A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.7Plum · ΔE 21.9Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Medium purple · ΔE 27.1Light slate grey · ΔE 29.5Thistle · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6CE8D
Analogous#8DA6CE, #B58DCE
Triadic#CE958D, #8DCE95
Split complementary#CEB58D, #A6CE8D
Tetradic#CE8DA6, #C6CE8D, #8DCEB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F8FC
Lighter +20%#D7D4ED
Lighter +10%#B6B1DD
Darker −10%#7469BF
Darker −20%#564AAB
Darker −30%#443A88
Darker −40%#322B64
More saturated +25%#8679E2
Less saturated −25%#A4A1BA

Channel breakdown

R149
G141
B206
Red149 (58.4%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue247.38°
Saturation (HSL)39.88%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 8D · B CE

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