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Recognised as Colour

#139FF6

  • #139FF6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#139FF6 is a blue with RGB values 19, 159, 246 and HSL 203°, 93%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#139FF6#139FF6
HEX#139FF6
RGBrgb(19, 159, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.0745, 0.6235, 0.9647
RGB percentages7.5%, 62.4%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(203, 92.7%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 92.3%, 96.5%)
CMYK92.3%, 35.4%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,286,134
CSS custom property--colour: #139FF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#EC6009

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#75A3FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5590F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 17Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.4Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Light skyblue · ΔE 30.5Royal blue · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F66A13
Analogous#13F6DB, #132EF6
Triadic#F6139F, #9FF613
Split complementary#F6132E, #F6DB13
Tetradic#DB13F6, #F66A13, #2EF613

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8EFFD
Lighter +30%#A6DBFC
Lighter +20%#75C7FA
Lighter +10%#44B3F8
Darker −10%#0882CE
Darker −20%#06639D
Darker −30%#04446C
Darker −40%#02253B
More saturated +25%#0AA1FF
Less saturated −25%#3298D7

Channel breakdown

R19
G159
B246
Red19 (7.5%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue203°
Saturation (HSL)92.65%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 13 · G 9F · B F6

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