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Recognised as Colour

#9789EE

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

#9789EE is a blue with RGB values 151, 137, 238 and HSL 248°, 75%, 74%. 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

#9789EE#9789EE
HEX#9789EE
RGBrgb(151, 137, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5373, 0.9333
RGB percentages59.2%, 53.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(248.3, 74.8%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.3, 42.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK36.6%, 42.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,931,246
CSS custom property--colour: #9789EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#687611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6799F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6694ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#809CB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.1Slate blue · ΔE 20.4Royal blue · ΔE 21.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0EE89
Analogous#89AEEE, #C989EE
Triadic#EE9789, #89EE97
Split complementary#EECA89, #AEEE89
Tetradic#EE89AE, #E0EE89, #89EECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E2FB
Lighter +10%#BEB6F4
Darker −10%#705CE8
Darker −20%#4830E1
Darker −30%#331CC2
Darker −40%#271695
More saturated +25%#8B78FF
Less saturated −25%#A39ADD

Channel breakdown

R151
G137
B238
Red151 (59.2%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue248.32°
Saturation (HSL)74.81%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 89 · B EE

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