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Colour

#46B8FF

  • #46B8FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#46B8FF is a blue with RGB values 70, 184, 255 and HSL 203°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#46B8FF#46B8FF
HEX#46B8FF
RGBrgb(70, 184, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7216, 1
RGB percentages27.5%, 72.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(203, 100%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 72.5%, 100%)
CMYK72.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,634,879
CSS custom property--colour: #46B8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.56:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#B94700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA7FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Sky blue · ΔE 24.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8D46
Analogous#46FFEA, #465BFF
Triadic#FF46B8, #B8FF46
Split complementary#FF465B, #FFEA46
Tetradic#EA46FF, #FF8D46, #5BFF46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFF3FF
Lighter +20%#ACDFFF
Lighter +10%#79CCFF
Darker −10%#13A4FF
Darker −20%#0089DF
Darker −30%#006AAC
Darker −40%#004B79
More saturated +25%#46B8FF
Less saturated −25%#5DB3E8

Channel breakdown

R70
G184
B255
Red70 (27.5%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue203.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G B8 · B FF

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