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Recognised as Colour

#449CEC

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

#449CEC is a blue with RGB values 68, 156, 236 and HSL 209°, 82%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#449CEC#449CEC
HEX#449CEC
RGBrgb(68, 156, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.6118, 0.9255
RGB percentages26.7%, 61.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(208.6, 81.6%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.6, 71.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK71.2%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,496,620
CSS custom property--colour: #449CEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#BB6313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#78A0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6090EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.9Steel blue · ΔE 19Dodgerblue · ΔE 19Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.6Light skyblue · ΔE 27.9Sky blue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9444
Analogous#44ECE8, #4448EC
Triadic#EC449C, #9CEC44
Split complementary#EC4448, #ECE844
Tetradic#E844EC, #EC9444, #48EC44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFF
Lighter +30%#CFE6FA
Lighter +20%#A1CDF5
Lighter +10%#72B5F1
Darker −10%#1783E6
Darker −20%#1369B7
Darker −30%#0E4E89
Darker −40%#09345B
More saturated +25%#319DFF
Less saturated −25%#5E9BD2

Channel breakdown

R68
G156
B236
Red68 (26.7%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue208.57°
Saturation (HSL)81.55%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 9C · B EC

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