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Recognised as Colour

#468EE5

  • #468EE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#468EE5 is a blue with RGB values 70, 142, 229 and HSL 213°, 75%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#468EE5#468EE5
HEX#468EE5
RGBrgb(70, 142, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.5569, 0.898
RGB percentages27.5%, 55.7%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(212.8, 75.4%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.8, 69.4%, 89.8%)
CMYK69.4%, 38%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,624,101
CSS custom property--colour: #468EE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1
Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#B9711A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6694E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E85E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00A2AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.7Royal blue · ΔE 27.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.5Medium purple · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E59D46
Analogous#46DDE5, #4E46E5
Triadic#E5468E, #8EE546
Split complementary#E54E46, #DEE546
Tetradic#E546DD, #E59D46, #46E54E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FBFE
Lighter +30%#CCE0F8
Lighter +20%#9FC5F2
Lighter +10%#73A9EB
Darker −10%#1F73D9
Darker −20%#185BAD
Darker −30%#124480
Darker −40%#0C2C53
More saturated +25%#2C8CFF
Less saturated −25%#6090CB

Channel breakdown

R70
G142
B229
Red70 (27.5%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue212.83°
Saturation (HSL)75.36%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 8E · B E5

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