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Recognised as Colour

#438BDF

  • #438BDF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#438BDF is a blue with RGB values 67, 139, 223 and HSL 212°, 71%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#438BDF#438BDF
HEX#438BDF
RGBrgb(67, 139, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.5451, 0.8745
RGB percentages26.3%, 54.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(212.3, 70.9%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 70%, 87.5%)
CMYK70%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,426,719
CSS custom property--colour: #438BDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#BC7420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6591E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D82DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009FAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.1Steel blue · ΔE 19.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.2Royal blue · ΔE 28.2Medium purple · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF9743
Analogous#43D9DF, #4943DF
Triadic#DF438B, #8BDF43
Split complementary#DF4943, #D9DF43
Tetradic#DF43D9, #DF9743, #43DF49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F7FD
Lighter +30%#C6DCF5
Lighter +20%#9AC1EE
Lighter +10%#6FA6E6
Darker −10%#2371CC
Darker −20%#1B59A1
Darker −30%#144175
Darker −40%#0D2949
More saturated +25%#2789FB
Less saturated −25%#5F8DC3

Channel breakdown

R67
G139
B223
Red67 (26.3%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue212.31°
Saturation (HSL)70.91%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G 8B · B DF

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