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Recognised as Colour

#9998DA

  • #9998DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9998DA is a blue with RGB values 153, 152, 218 and HSL 241°, 47%, 73%. 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

#9998DA#9998DA
HEX#9998DA
RGBrgb(153, 152, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5961, 0.8549
RGB percentages60%, 59.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(240.9, 47.1%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240.9, 30.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK29.8%, 30.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,066,138
CSS custom property--colour: #9998DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#666725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85A0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#839CD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#89A4B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.2Plum · ΔE 22.3Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Light steelblue · ΔE 27.9Thistle · ΔE 28.5Medium purple · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9DA98
Analogous#98B8DA, #BA98DA
Triadic#DA9998, #98DA99
Split complementary#DABA98, #B8DA98
Tetradic#DA98B8, #D9DA98, #98DABA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E3F5
Lighter +10%#BEBEE7
Darker −10%#7472CD
Darker −20%#4F4DBF
Darker −30%#3B39A0
Darker −40%#2D2C7A
More saturated +25%#8886EB
Less saturated −25%#AAAAC8

Channel breakdown

R153
G152
B218
Red153 (60%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue240.91°
Saturation (HSL)47.14%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 98 · B DA

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