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Recognised as Colour

#459DEA

  • #459DEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#459DEA is a blue with RGB values 69, 157, 234 and HSL 208°, 80%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#459DEA#459DEA
HEX#459DEA
RGBrgb(69, 157, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.6157, 0.9176
RGB percentages27.1%, 61.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(208, 79.7%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208, 70.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK70.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,562,410
CSS custom property--colour: #459DEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#BA6215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7AA0EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6391E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.3Steel blue · ΔE 17.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.8Light skyblue · ΔE 26.3Sky blue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA9245
Analogous#45EAE5, #454AEA
Triadic#EA459D, #9DEA45
Split complementary#EA454A, #EAE445
Tetradic#E545EA, #EA9245, #4BEA45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFEFF
Lighter +30%#CEE5FA
Lighter +20%#A1CDF4
Lighter +10%#73B5EF
Darker −10%#1A85E2
Darker −20%#146AB5
Darker −30%#0F4F87
Darker −40%#0A3459
More saturated +25%#309EFF
Less saturated −25%#5F9BD0

Channel breakdown

R69
G157
B234
Red69 (27.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue208°
Saturation (HSL)79.71%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 9D · B EA

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