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Recognised as Colour

#4196EF

  • #4196EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#4196EF is a blue with RGB values 65, 150, 239 and HSL 211°, 84%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#4196EF#4196EF
HEX#4196EF
RGBrgb(65, 150, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0.5882, 0.9373
RGB percentages25.5%, 58.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(210.7, 84.5%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.7, 72.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK72.8%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,298,479
CSS custom property--colour: #4196EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.83:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#BE6910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D9CF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#528CEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00ABB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 13Steel blue · ΔE 23Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.1Royal blue · ΔE 29.2Light skyblue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9A41
Analogous#41EDEF, #4341EF
Triadic#EF4196, #96EF41
Split complementary#EF4341, #EDEF41
Tetradic#EF41ED, #EF9A41, #41EF43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFF
Lighter +30%#CEE4FB
Lighter +20%#9FCAF7
Lighter +10%#70B0F3
Darker −10%#147CE9
Darker −20%#1063BA
Darker −30%#0C4A8B
Darker −40%#08315C
More saturated +25%#3196FF
Less saturated −25%#5B97D5

Channel breakdown

R65
G150
B239
Red65 (25.5%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue210.69°
Saturation (HSL)84.47%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 41 · G 96 · B EF

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