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Recognised as Colour

#46B4FA

  • #46B4FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#46B4FA is a blue with RGB values 70, 180, 250 and HSL 203°, 95%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#46B4FA#46B4FA
HEX#46B4FA
RGBrgb(70, 180, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7059, 0.9804
RGB percentages27.5%, 70.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(203.3, 94.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.3, 72%, 98%)
CMYK72%, 28%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,633,850
CSS custom property--colour: #46B4FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#B94B05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B5FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7BA4F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.7Steel blue · ΔE 21.6Sky blue · ΔE 24.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA8C46
Analogous#46FAE6, #465AFA
Triadic#FA46B4, #B4FA46
Split complementary#FA465A, #FAE646
Tetradic#E646FA, #FA8C46, #5AFA46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DBF0FE
Lighter +20%#A9DCFD
Lighter +10%#78C8FB
Darker −10%#14A0F9
Darker −20%#0684D4
Darker −30%#0465A3
Darker −40%#034671
More saturated +25%#41B5FF
Less saturated −25%#5EAFE2

Channel breakdown

R70
G180
B250
Red70 (27.5%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue203.33°
Saturation (HSL)94.74%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G B4 · B FA

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