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Recognised as Colour

#46ABDE

  • #46ABDE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#46ABDE is a blue with RGB values 70, 171, 222 and HSL 200°, 70%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#46ABDE#46ABDE
HEX#46ABDE
RGBrgb(70, 171, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6706, 0.8706
RGB percentages27.5%, 67.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(200.1, 69.7%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.1, 68.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK68.5%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,631,518
CSS custom property--colour: #46ABDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.14:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#B95421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92AAE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D9BDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Steel blue · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE7946
Analogous#46DEC5, #465FDE
Triadic#DE46AB, #ABDE46
Split complementary#DE465F, #DEC546
Tetradic#C546DE, #DE7946, #5FDE46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FAFD
Lighter +30%#C8E6F5
Lighter +20%#9DD2ED
Lighter +10%#71BFE6
Darker −10%#2494CD
Darker −20%#1D75A1
Darker −30%#155576
Darker −40%#0D364B
More saturated +25%#2BB4F9
Less saturated −25%#61A2C3

Channel breakdown

R70
G171
B222
Red70 (27.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue200.13°
Saturation (HSL)69.72%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G AB · B DE

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