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Recognised as Colour

#449BEC

  • #449BEC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#449BEC is a blue with RGB values 68, 155, 236 and HSL 209°, 82%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#449BEC#449BEC
HEX#449BEC
RGBrgb(68, 155, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.6078, 0.9255
RGB percentages26.7%, 60.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(208.9, 81.6%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.9, 71.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK71.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,496,364
CSS custom property--colour: #449BEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#BB6413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#769FEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E8FEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.2Steel blue · ΔE 19.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.3Light skyblue · ΔE 28.6Royal blue · ΔE 34.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9544
Analogous#44ECE9, #4447EC
Triadic#EC449B, #9BEC44
Split complementary#EC4447, #ECE944
Tetradic#E944EC, #EC9544, #47EC44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFF
Lighter +30%#CFE5FA
Lighter +20%#A1CDF5
Lighter +10%#72B4F1
Darker −10%#1782E6
Darker −20%#1368B7
Darker −30%#0E4E89
Darker −40%#09335B
More saturated +25%#319CFF
Less saturated −25%#5E9AD2

Channel breakdown

R68
G155
B236
Red68 (26.7%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue208.93°
Saturation (HSL)81.55%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 9B · B EC

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