Recognised as Colour

#466CFE

#466CFE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#466CFE is a blue with RGB values 70, 108, 254 and HSL 228°, 99%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#466CFE#466CFE

HEX#466CFE

RGBrgb(70, 108, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.4235, 0.9961

RGB percentages27.5%, 42.4%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(227.6, 98.9%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227.6, 72.4%, 99.6%)

CMYK72.4%, 57.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,615,422

CSS custom property--colour: #466CFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#B99301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0082FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0071FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Tritanopia#0091ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.6 Royal blue · ΔE 14.7 Slate blue · ΔE 19.6 Medium purple · ΔE 26.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 12.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FED846

Analogous#46C8FE, #7C46FE

Triadic#FE466C, #6CFE46

Split complementary#FE7C46, #C8FE46

Tetradic#FE46C8, #FED846, #46FE7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DEE5FF

Lighter +20%#ABBDFF

Lighter +10%#7994FE

Darker −10%#1344FE

Darker −20%#012FDD

Darker −30%#0124AA

Darker −40%#011977

More saturated +25%#456BFF

Less saturated −25%#5D7AE7

Channel breakdown

R70

G108

B254

Red70 (27.5%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue227.61°

Saturation (HSL)98.92%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 6C · B FE

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Colour values

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