Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#409BEE

  • #409BEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#409BEE is a blue with RGB values 64, 155, 238 and HSL 209°, 84%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#409BEE#409BEE
HEX#409BEE
RGBrgb(64, 155, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.6078, 0.9333
RGB percentages25.1%, 60.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(208.6, 83.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.6, 73.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK73.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,234,222
CSS custom property--colour: #409BEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#BF6411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#759FF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C8FECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.2Steel blue · ΔE 20.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.8Light skyblue · ΔE 29.4Royal blue · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9340
Analogous#40EEEA, #4044EE
Triadic#EE409B, #9BEE40
Split complementary#EE4044, #EEEA40
Tetradic#EA40EE, #EE9340, #44EE40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFDFF
Lighter +30%#CCE5FB
Lighter +20%#9ECCF6
Lighter +10%#6FB4F2
Darker −10%#1582E6
Darker −20%#1068B8
Darker −30%#0C4D89
Darker −40%#08335A
More saturated +25%#2F9CFF
Less saturated −25%#5A9AD4

Channel breakdown

R64
G155
B238
Red64 (25.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue208.62°
Saturation (HSL)83.65%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G 9B · B EE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “409bee” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.