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Recognised as Colour

#95AAEE

  • #95AAEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#95AAEE is a blue with RGB values 149, 170, 238 and HSL 226°, 72%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#95AAEE#95AAEE
HEX#95AAEE
RGBrgb(149, 170, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6667, 0.9333
RGB percentages58.4%, 66.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(225.8, 72.4%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.8, 37.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK37.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,808,622
CSS custom property--colour: #95AAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#6A5511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B0F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7AB8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.5Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Light skyblue · ΔE 23.3Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.5Plum · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED995
Analogous#95D6EE, #AC95EE
Triadic#EE95AA, #AAEE95
Split complementary#EEAC95, #D6EE95
Tetradic#EE95D6, #EED995, #95EEAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF0FC
Lighter +10%#C1CDF5
Darker −10%#6987E7
Darker −20%#3D64E0
Darker −30%#2048CA
Darker −40%#19399E
More saturated +25%#86A2FD
Less saturated −25%#A4B2DF

Channel breakdown

R149
G170
B238
Red149 (58.4%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue225.84°
Saturation (HSL)72.36%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G AA · B EE

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