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Recognised as Colour

#9696ED

  • #9696ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9696ED is a blue with RGB values 150, 150, 237 and HSL 240°, 71%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9696ED#9696ED
HEX#9696ED
RGBrgb(150, 150, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5882, 0.9294
RGB percentages58.8%, 58.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(240, 70.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 36.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK36.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,869,037
CSS custom property--colour: #9696ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#696912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7AA1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#769CEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#7EA7B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.8Medium purple · ΔE 20.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 23Plum · ΔE 26.2Royal blue · ΔE 28.3Slate blue · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDED96
Analogous#96C2ED, #C296ED
Triadic#ED9696, #96ED96
Split complementary#EDC296, #C2ED96
Tetradic#ED96C2, #EDED96, #96EDC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDEDFC
Lighter +10%#C2C2F4
Darker −10%#6A6AE6
Darker −20%#3F3FDE
Darker −30%#2222C8
Darker −40%#1B1B9C
More saturated +25%#8787FC
Less saturated −25%#A5A5DE

Channel breakdown

R150
G150
B237
Red150 (58.8%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)70.73%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 96 · B ED

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