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Recognised as Colour

#95A8DA

  • #95A8DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#95A8DA is a blue with RGB values 149, 168, 218 and HSL 223°, 48%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#95A8DA#95A8DA
HEX#95A8DA
RGBrgb(149, 168, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6588, 0.8549
RGB percentages58.4%, 65.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(223.5, 48.3%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.5, 31.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK31.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,808,090
CSS custom property--colour: #95A8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.89:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#6A5725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98ACDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#92A6D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#82B2B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Light slate grey · ΔE 22.2Thistle · ΔE 22.8Sky blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAC795
Analogous#95CADA, #A595DA
Triadic#DA95A8, #A8DA95
Split complementary#DAA595, #CADA95
Tetradic#DA95CA, #DAC795, #95DAA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E6F4
Lighter +10%#BBC7E7
Darker −10%#6F89CD
Darker −20%#496AC0
Darker −30%#37549F
Darker −40%#2A4079
More saturated +25%#83A0EC
Less saturated −25%#A7B0C8

Channel breakdown

R149
G168
B218
Red149 (58.4%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue223.48°
Saturation (HSL)48.25%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G A8 · B DA

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