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Recognised as Colour

#9789EC

  • #9789EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9789EC is a blue with RGB values 151, 137, 236 and HSL 248°, 72%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9789EC#9789EC
HEX#9789EC
RGBrgb(151, 137, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5373, 0.9255
RGB percentages59.2%, 53.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(248.5, 72.3%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.5, 41.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK36%, 41.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,931,244
CSS custom property--colour: #9789EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#687613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6898F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6894EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#819CAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.6Slate blue · ΔE 20.9Royal blue · ΔE 22.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEEC89
Analogous#89ADEC, #C989EC
Triadic#EC9789, #89EC97
Split complementary#ECC989, #ADEC89
Tetradic#EC89AC, #DEEC89, #89ECC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E1FA
Lighter +10%#BEB5F3
Darker −10%#705DE5
Darker −20%#4A31DE
Darker −30%#351FBD
Darker −40%#291792
More saturated +25%#8B78FD
Less saturated −25%#A39ADB

Channel breakdown

R151
G137
B236
Red151 (59.2%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue248.48°
Saturation (HSL)72.26%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 89 · B EC

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