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Recognised as Colour

#95ABE9

  • #95ABE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#95ABE9 is a blue with RGB values 149, 171, 233 and HSL 224°, 66%, 75%. 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

#95ABE9#95ABE9
HEX#95ABE9
RGBrgb(149, 171, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6706, 0.9137
RGB percentages58.4%, 67.1%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(224.3, 65.6%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 36.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK36.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,808,873
CSS custom property--colour: #95ABE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#6A5416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B0ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7CB7C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18Light skyblue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 21.3Light steelblue · ΔE 21.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.5Sky blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9D395
Analogous#95D5E9, #A995E9
Triadic#E995AB, #ABE995
Split complementary#E9A995, #D5E995
Tetradic#E995D5, #E9D395, #95E9A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9EEFB
Lighter +10%#BFCCF2
Darker −10%#6B8AE0
Darker −20%#4168D7
Darker −30%#274FBE
Darker −40%#1F3D93
More saturated +25%#85A3F9
Less saturated −25%#A5B3D9

Channel breakdown

R149
G171
B233
Red149 (58.4%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue224.29°
Saturation (HSL)65.62%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G AB · B E9

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