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Recognised as Colour

#95ABE0

  • #95ABE0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#95ABE0 is a blue with RGB values 149, 171, 224 and HSL 222°, 55%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#95ABE0#95ABE0
HEX#95ABE0
RGBrgb(149, 171, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6706, 0.8784
RGB percentages58.4%, 67.1%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(222.4, 54.7%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 33.5%, 87.8%)
CMYK33.5%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,808,864
CSS custom property--colour: #95ABE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#6A541F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AAFE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A8DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7FB6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 20Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.2Sky blue · ΔE 23.1Thistle · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 17.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0CA95
Analogous#95D0E0, #A595E0
Triadic#E095AB, #ABE095
Split complementary#E0A595, #D0E095
Tetradic#E095D0, #E0CA95, #95E0A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EAF7
Lighter +10%#BCCAEC
Darker −10%#6E8CD4
Darker −20%#466CC9
Darker −30%#3255AA
Darker −40%#264183
More saturated +25%#84A4F1
Less saturated −25%#A6B2CF

Channel breakdown

R149
G171
B224
Red149 (58.4%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue222.4°
Saturation (HSL)54.74%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G AB · B E0

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