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Recognised as Colour

#249BFB

  • #249BFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#249BFB is a blue with RGB values 36, 155, 251 and HSL 207°, 96%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#249BFB#249BFB
HEX#249BFB
RGBrgb(36, 155, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.6078, 0.9843
RGB percentages14.1%, 60.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(206.8, 96.4%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.8, 85.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK85.7%, 38.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,399,227
CSS custom property--colour: #249BFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#DB6404

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6CA1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A8EF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 10.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.4Steel blue · ΔE 27Royal blue · ΔE 29.4Light skyblue · ΔE 35.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB8424
Analogous#24FBF0, #242FFB
Triadic#FB249B, #9BFB24
Split complementary#FB242F, #FBEF24
Tetradic#F024FB, #FB8424, #30FB24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECF6FF
Lighter +30%#BAE0FE
Lighter +20%#88C9FD
Lighter +10%#56B2FC
Darker −10%#0482E8
Darker −20%#0366B6
Darker −30%#024A84
Darker −40%#012E52
More saturated +25%#209BFF
Less saturated −25%#4098DF

Channel breakdown

R36
G155
B251
Red36 (14.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue206.79°
Saturation (HSL)96.41%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 9B · B FB

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