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Recognised as Colour

#969AEF

  • #969AEF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#969AEF is a blue with RGB values 150, 154, 239 and HSL 237°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#969AEF#969AEF
HEX#969AEF
RGBrgb(150, 154, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6039, 0.9373
RGB percentages58.8%, 60.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(237.3, 73.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.3, 37.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK37.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,063
CSS custom property--colour: #969AEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.17:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#696510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7EA5F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A9EEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7DAAB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12Medium purple · ΔE 22.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.1Plum · ΔE 26.3Steel blue · ΔE 28.8Royal blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFEB96
Analogous#96C6EF, #BF96EF
Triadic#EF969A, #9AEF96
Split complementary#EFBF96, #C6EF96
Tetradic#EF96C6, #EFEB96, #96EFBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFEFFC
Lighter +10%#C2C5F6
Darker −10%#6A6FE8
Darker −20%#3D45E2
Darker −30%#1F27CD
Darker −40%#181FA1
More saturated +25%#878CFE
Less saturated −25%#A5A8E0

Channel breakdown

R150
G154
B239
Red150 (58.8%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue237.3°
Saturation (HSL)73.55%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9A · B EF

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