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Recognised as Colour

#499BE6

  • #499BE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#499BE6 is a blue with RGB values 73, 155, 230 and HSL 209°, 76%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#499BE6#499BE6
HEX#499BE6
RGBrgb(73, 155, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.6078, 0.902
RGB percentages28.6%, 60.8%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(208.7, 75.8%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.7, 68.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK68.3%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,824,038
CSS custom property--colour: #499BE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#B66419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A9EE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#648FE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.3Steel blue · ΔE 16.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.5Light skyblue · ΔE 26.1Sky blue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E69449
Analogous#49E6E2, #494DE6
Triadic#E6499B, #9BE649
Split complementary#E6494D, #E6E249
Tetradic#E249E6, #E69449, #4DE649

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFEFF
Lighter +30%#D0E5F8
Lighter +20%#A3CCF2
Lighter +10%#76B4EC
Darker −10%#1E82DE
Darker −20%#1868B1
Darker −30%#124E84
Darker −40%#0C3357
More saturated +25%#309CFF
Less saturated −25%#639ACC

Channel breakdown

R73
G155
B230
Red73 (28.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue208.66°
Saturation (HSL)75.85%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 9B · B E6

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