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Recognised as Colour

#4499ED

  • #4499ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#4499ED is a blue with RGB values 68, 153, 237 and HSL 210°, 82%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#4499ED#4499ED
HEX#4499ED
RGBrgb(68, 153, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.6, 0.9294
RGB percentages26.7%, 60%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(209.8, 82.4%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.8, 71.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK71.3%, 35.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,495,853
CSS custom property--colour: #4499ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#BB6612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#739EF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A8EEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.2Steel blue · ΔE 20.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.2Light skyblue · ΔE 30.4Royal blue · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9844
Analogous#44EDED, #4444ED
Triadic#ED4499, #99ED44
Split complementary#ED4444, #EDED44
Tetradic#ED44ED, #ED9844, #44ED44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFF
Lighter +30%#D0E5FA
Lighter +20%#A1CCF6
Lighter +10%#73B2F1
Darker −10%#1680E8
Darker −20%#1266B9
Darker −30%#0D4C8B
Darker −40%#09335C
More saturated +25%#3299FF
Less saturated −25%#5E99D3

Channel breakdown

R68
G153
B237
Red68 (26.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue209.82°
Saturation (HSL)82.44%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 99 · B ED

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