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Recognised as Colour

#46BBFF

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

#46BBFF is a blue with RGB values 70, 187, 255 and HSL 202°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#46BBFF#46BBFF
HEX#46BBFF
RGBrgb(70, 187, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7333, 1
RGB percentages27.5%, 73.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(202.1, 100%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.1, 72.5%, 100%)
CMYK72.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,635,647
CSS custom property--colour: #46BBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#B94400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BBBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Sky blue · ΔE 23Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.7Light steelblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8A46
Analogous#46FFE7, #465EFF
Triadic#FF46BB, #BBFF46
Split complementary#FF465F, #FFE746
Tetradic#E646FF, #FF8A46, #5EFF46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFF3FF
Lighter +20%#ACE0FF
Lighter +10%#79CEFF
Darker −10%#13A8FF
Darker −20%#008DDF
Darker −30%#006DAC
Darker −40%#004D79
More saturated +25%#46BBFF
Less saturated −25%#5DB5E8

Channel breakdown

R70
G187
B255
Red70 (27.5%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue202.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G BB · B FF

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