Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#959EDA

  • #959EDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#959EDA is a blue with RGB values 149, 158, 218 and HSL 232°, 48%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#959EDA#959EDA
HEX#959EDA
RGBrgb(149, 158, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6196, 0.8549
RGB percentages58.4%, 62%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(232.2, 48.3%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.2, 31.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK31.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,805,530
CSS custom property--colour: #959EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.18:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#6A6125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CA4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#889FD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#83A9B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 20.3Light steelblue · ΔE 23.5Plum · ΔE 24.9Light skyblue · ΔE 25.4Thistle · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAD195
Analogous#95C1DA, #AE95DA
Triadic#DA959E, #9EDA95
Split complementary#DAAE95, #C1DA95
Tetradic#DA95C1, #DAD195, #95DAAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E3F4
Lighter +10%#BBC1E7
Darker −10%#6F7BCD
Darker −20%#4959C0
Darker −30%#37459F
Darker −40%#2A3479
More saturated +25%#8391EC
Less saturated −25%#A7ABC8

Channel breakdown

R149
G158
B218
Red149 (58.4%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue232.17°
Saturation (HSL)48.25%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 9E · B DA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “959eda” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.