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Recognised as Colour

#4486DA

  • #4486DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#4486DA is a blue with RGB values 68, 134, 218 and HSL 214°, 67%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#4486DA#4486DA
HEX#4486DA
RGBrgb(68, 134, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.5255, 0.8549
RGB percentages26.7%, 52.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(213.6, 67%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.6, 68.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK68.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,490,970
CSS custom property--colour: #4486DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.67:1
Contrast with white3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#BB7925

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#608CDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#497ED8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#009AA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.1Royal blue · ΔE 26.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 30.1Medium purple · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA9844
Analogous#44D1DA, #4D44DA
Triadic#DA4486, #86DA44
Split complementary#DA4D44, #D1DA44
Tetradic#DA44D1, #DA9844, #44DA4D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEF4FC
Lighter +30%#C4D9F3
Lighter +20%#99BDEB
Lighter +10%#6FA2E2
Darker −10%#276CC4
Darker −20%#1E559A
Darker −30%#163D6F
Darker −40%#0E2644
More saturated +25%#2883F6
Less saturated −25%#6089BE

Channel breakdown

R68
G134
B218
Red68 (26.7%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue213.6°
Saturation (HSL)66.96%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 86 · B DA

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