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Recognised as Colour

#417EDB

  • #417EDB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#417EDB is a blue with RGB values 65, 126, 219 and HSL 216°, 68%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#417EDB#417EDB
HEX#417EDB
RGBrgb(65, 126, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0.4941, 0.8588
RGB percentages25.5%, 49.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(216.2, 68.1%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.2, 70.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK70.3%, 42.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,292,315
CSS custom property--colour: #417EDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.23:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#BE8124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5187DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3678D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#0094A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 11.9Royal blue · ΔE 20.1Steel blue · ΔE 26Medium purple · ΔE 26.1Slate blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB9E41
Analogous#41CBDB, #5141DB
Triadic#DB417E, #7EDB41
Split complementary#DB5141, #CBDB41
Tetradic#DB41CB, #DB9E41, #41DB51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDF2FB
Lighter +30%#C2D5F3
Lighter +20%#97B8EB
Lighter +10%#6C9BE3
Darker −10%#2564C4
Darker −20%#1D4E99
Darker −30%#15386E
Darker −40%#0D2243
More saturated +25%#2578F7
Less saturated −25%#5D84BF

Channel breakdown

R65
G126
B219
Red65 (25.5%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue216.23°
Saturation (HSL)68.14%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 41 · G 7E · B DB

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