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Recognised as Colour

#969BED

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

#969BED is a blue with RGB values 150, 155, 237 and HSL 237°, 71%, 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

#969BED#969BED
HEX#969BED
RGBrgb(150, 155, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6078, 0.9294
RGB percentages58.8%, 60.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(236.6, 70.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.6, 36.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK36.7%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,317
CSS custom property--colour: #969BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.21:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#696412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81A5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C9FEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7DABB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12Medium purple · ΔE 23.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 24Plum · ΔE 25.8Steel blue · ΔE 27.6Royal blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE896
Analogous#96C6ED, #BC96ED
Triadic#ED969B, #9BED96
Split complementary#EDBD96, #C6ED96
Tetradic#ED96C6, #EDE896, #96EDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDEEFC
Lighter +10%#C2C4F4
Darker −10%#6A72E6
Darker −20%#3F48DE
Darker −30%#222CC8
Darker −40%#1B229C
More saturated +25%#878DFC
Less saturated −25%#A5A9DE

Channel breakdown

R150
G155
B237
Red150 (58.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue236.55°
Saturation (HSL)70.73%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9B · B ED

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