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Recognised as Colour

#968CEB

  • #968CEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#968CEB is a blue with RGB values 150, 140, 235 and HSL 246°, 70%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#968CEB#968CEB
HEX#968CEB
RGBrgb(150, 140, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.549, 0.9216
RGB percentages58.8%, 54.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(246.3, 70.4%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.3, 40.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK36.2%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,866,475
CSS custom property--colour: #968CEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#697314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D9AEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B95E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#809EB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5Slate blue · ΔE 23Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.1Royal blue · ΔE 23.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1EB8C
Analogous#8CB2EB, #C58CEB
Triadic#EB968C, #8CEB96
Split complementary#EBC68C, #B2EB8C
Tetradic#EB8CB2, #E1EB8C, #8CEBC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E3FA
Lighter +10%#BEB7F3
Darker −10%#6E61E3
Darker −20%#4735DC
Darker −30%#3121BD
Darker −40%#261992
More saturated +25%#897BFC
Less saturated −25%#A39DDA

Channel breakdown

R150
G140
B235
Red150 (58.8%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue246.32°
Saturation (HSL)70.37%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 8C · B EB

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