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Recognised as Colour

#44AFFB

  • #44AFFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#44AFFB is a blue with RGB values 68, 175, 251 and HSL 205°, 96%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#44AFFB#44AFFB
HEX#44AFFB
RGBrgb(68, 175, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.6863, 0.9843
RGB percentages26.7%, 68.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(204.9, 95.8%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.9, 72.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK72.9%, 30.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,501,499
CSS custom property--colour: #44AFFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#BB5004

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CB1FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#73A0FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 17Light skyblue · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 21.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.1Sky blue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB9044
Analogous#44FBEC, #4453FB
Triadic#FB44AF, #AFFB44
Split complementary#FB4453, #FBEC44
Tetradic#EC44FB, #FB9044, #54FB44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAEFFE
Lighter +20%#A8DAFD
Lighter +10%#76C4FC
Darker −10%#129AFA
Darker −20%#057ED4
Darker −30%#0360A3
Darker −40%#024371
More saturated +25%#40B0FF
Less saturated −25%#5CABE3

Channel breakdown

R68
G175
B251
Red68 (26.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue204.92°
Saturation (HSL)95.81%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G AF · B FB

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