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Recognised as Colour

#418BEA

  • #418BEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#418BEA is a blue with RGB values 65, 139, 234 and HSL 214°, 80%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#418BEA#418BEA
HEX#418BEA
RGBrgb(65, 139, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0.5451, 0.9176
RGB percentages25.5%, 54.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(213.7, 80.1%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.7, 72.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK72.2%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,295,658
CSS custom property--colour: #418BEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.11:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#BE7415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E93EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4283E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A1AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 9.1Royal blue · ΔE 22.9Steel blue · ΔE 26.2Medium purple · ΔE 28.8Slate blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA041
Analogous#41DFEA, #4B41EA
Triadic#EA418B, #8BEA41
Split complementary#EA4C41, #DFEA41
Tetradic#EA41E0, #EAA041, #41EA4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FBFE
Lighter +30%#CBDFF9
Lighter +20%#9DC3F4
Lighter +10%#6FA7EF
Darker −10%#1970DF
Darker −20%#1459B1
Darker −30%#0F4283
Darker −40%#092B56
More saturated +25%#2C88FF
Less saturated −25%#5B8ED0

Channel breakdown

R65
G139
B234
Red65 (25.5%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue213.73°
Saturation (HSL)80.09%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 41 · G 8B · B EA

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