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Recognised as Colour

#476DBB

  • #476DBB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#476DBB is a blue with RGB values 71, 109, 187 and HSL 220°, 46%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#476DBB#476DBB
HEX#476DBB
RGBrgb(71, 109, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.4275, 0.7333
RGB percentages27.8%, 42.7%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(220.3, 46%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.3, 62%, 73.3%)
CMYK62%, 41.7%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,681,147
CSS custom property--colour: #476DBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#B89244

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A75BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#396AB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#007F8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.8Steel blue · ΔE 20.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 22Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.2Royal blue · ΔE 25.1Medium purple · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB9547
Analogous#47A7BB, #5B47BB
Triadic#BB476D, #6DBB47
Split complementary#BB5B47, #A7BB47
Tetradic#BB47A7, #BB9547, #47BB5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCE3F2
Lighter +30%#B7C6E4
Lighter +20%#91A8D7
Lighter +10%#6C8BC9
Darker −10%#385797
Darker −20%#2A4272
Darker −30%#1C2C4D
Darker −40%#0F1727
More saturated +25%#2862DB
Less saturated −25%#67789B

Channel breakdown

R71
G109
B187
Red71 (27.8%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue220.34°
Saturation (HSL)46.03%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 6D · B BB

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