Recognised as Colour

#4078FE

#4078FE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#4078FE is a blue with RGB values 64, 120, 254 and HSL 222°, 99%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#4078FE#4078FE

HEX#4078FE

RGBrgb(64, 120, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.4706, 0.9961

RGB percentages25.1%, 47.1%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(222.3, 99%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.3, 74.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK74.8%, 52.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,225,278

CSS custom property--colour: #4078FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.34:1

Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#BF8701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0889FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0078FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#0099AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.5 Slate blue · ΔE 18.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.1 Medium purple · ΔE 24 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FEC640

Analogous#40D7FE, #6740FE

Triadic#FE4078, #78FE40

Split complementary#FE6740, #D7FE40

Tetradic#FE40D7, #FEC640, #40FE67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D8E4FF

Lighter +20%#A5C0FF

Lighter +10%#739CFE

Darker −10%#0D54FE

Darker −20%#0140D7

Darker −30%#0131A4

Darker −40%#012271

More saturated +25%#3F78FF

Less saturated −25%#5882E6

Channel breakdown

R64

G120

B254

Red64 (25.1%)

Green120 (47.1%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue222.32°

Saturation (HSL)98.96%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 78 · B FE

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