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Recognised as Colour

#4174AC

  • #4174AC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#4174AC is a blue with RGB values 65, 116, 172 and HSL 211°, 45%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#4174AC#4174AC
HEX#4174AC
RGBrgb(65, 116, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0.4549, 0.6745
RGB percentages25.5%, 45.5%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(211.4, 45.1%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.4, 62.2%, 67.5%)
CMYK62.2%, 32.6%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,289,708
CSS custom property--colour: #4174AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#BE8B53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C77AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E6DABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#008188no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 7.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 22Slate grey · ΔE 25.1Light slate grey · ΔE 25.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC7941
Analogous#41A9AC, #4441AC
Triadic#AC4174, #74AC41
Split complementary#AC4441, #A9AC41
Tetradic#AC41AA, #AC7941, #41AC44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDDCEC
Lighter +30%#A8C2DE
Lighter +20%#83A8D0
Lighter +10%#5E8EC2
Darker −10%#335B87
Darker −20%#254262
Darker −30%#17293D
Darker −40%#091018
More saturated +25%#2373CA
Less saturated −25%#5F758E

Channel breakdown

R65
G116
B172
Red65 (25.5%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue211.4°
Saturation (HSL)45.15%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 41 · G 74 · B AC

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