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Recognised as Colour

#9E96DB

  • #9E96DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9E96DB is a blue with RGB values 158, 150, 219 and HSL 247°, 49%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9E96DB#9E96DB
HEX#9E96DB
RGBrgb(158, 150, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5882, 0.8588
RGB percentages62%, 58.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(247, 48.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247, 31.5%, 85.9%)
CMYK27.9%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,393,307
CSS custom property--colour: #9E96DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#616924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83A0DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#839CD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#90A2AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.8Plum · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.5Medium purple · ΔE 26.7Thistle · ΔE 29.4Light steelblue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3DB96
Analogous#96B1DB, #C096DB
Triadic#DB9E96, #96DB9E
Split complementary#DBC096, #B1DB96
Tetradic#DB96B1, #D3DB96, #96DBC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E2F5
Lighter +10%#C1BCE8
Darker −10%#7B70CE
Darker −20%#584AC1
Darker −30%#4337A1
Darker −40%#332A7B
More saturated +25%#9084ED
Less saturated −25%#ACA8C9

Channel breakdown

R158
G150
B219
Red158 (62%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue246.96°
Saturation (HSL)48.94%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 96 · B DB

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