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Recognised as Colour

#149CEF

  • #149CEF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#149CEF is a blue with RGB values 20, 156, 239 and HSL 203°, 87%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#149CEF#149CEF
HEX#149CEF
RGBrgb(20, 156, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.6118, 0.9373
RGB percentages7.8%, 61.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(202.7, 87.3%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.7, 91.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK91.6%, 34.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,350,895
CSS custom property--colour: #149CEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#EB6310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#749FF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#558DEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.5Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Light skyblue · ΔE 29.5Royal blue · ΔE 36
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF6714
Analogous#14EFD5, #142EEF
Triadic#EF149C, #9CEF14
Split complementary#EF142E, #EFD514
Tetradic#D514EF, #EF6714, #2EEF14

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3ECFC
Lighter +30%#A3D8F9
Lighter +20%#73C4F6
Lighter +10%#44B0F2
Darker −10%#0D7EC3
Darker −20%#0A5F93
Darker −30%#074063
Darker −40%#042133
More saturated +25%#04A0FF
Less saturated −25%#3394D0

Channel breakdown

R20
G156
B239
Red20 (7.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue202.74°
Saturation (HSL)87.25%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 9C · B EF

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