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Recognised as Colour

#4ABDFF

  • #4ABDFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#4ABDFF is a blue with RGB values 74, 189, 255 and HSL 202°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#4ABDFF#4ABDFF
HEX#4ABDFF
RGBrgb(74, 189, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7412, 1
RGB percentages29%, 74.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(201.9, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.9, 71%, 100%)
CMYK71%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,898,303
CSS custom property--colour: #4ABDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.01:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#B54200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#85ABFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#00CED4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15Sky blue · ΔE 21.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.8Light steelblue · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8C4A
Analogous#4AFFE6, #4A63FF
Triadic#FF4ABD, #BDFF4A
Split complementary#FF4A63, #FFE64A
Tetradic#E64AFF, #FF8C4A, #63FF4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F5FF
Lighter +20%#B0E2FF
Lighter +10%#7DD0FF
Darker −10%#17AAFF
Darker −20%#0090E3
Darker −30%#0070B0
Darker −40%#004F7D
More saturated +25%#4ABDFF
Less saturated −25%#61B7E8

Channel breakdown

R74
G189
B255
Red74 (29%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue201.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G BD · B FF

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