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Recognised as Colour

#9999DF

  • #9999DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9999DF is a blue with RGB values 153, 153, 223 and HSL 240°, 52%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9999DF#9999DF
HEX#9999DF
RGBrgb(153, 153, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6, 0.8745
RGB percentages60%, 60%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(240, 52.2%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 31.4%, 87.5%)
CMYK31.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,066,399
CSS custom property--colour: #9999DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#666620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#84A2E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#829DDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#87A6B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.7Plum · ΔE 22.8Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Medium purple · ΔE 27.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.2Light steelblue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDF99
Analogous#99BCDF, #BC99DF
Triadic#DF9999, #99DF99
Split complementary#DFBC99, #BCDF99
Tetradic#DF99BC, #DFDF99, #99DFBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E7F7
Lighter +10%#C0C0EB
Darker −10%#7272D3
Darker −20%#4B4BC7
Darker −30%#3535AA
Darker −40%#292983
More saturated +25%#8888F0
Less saturated −25%#AAAACE

Channel breakdown

R153
G153
B223
Red153 (60%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)52.24%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 99 · B DF

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