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Recognised as Colour

#4ABEFF

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

#4ABEFF is a blue with RGB values 74, 190, 255 and HSL 202°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#4ABEFF#4ABEFF
HEX#4ABEFF
RGBrgb(74, 190, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7451, 1
RGB percentages29%, 74.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(201.5, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.5, 71%, 100%)
CMYK71%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,898,559
CSS custom property--colour: #4ABEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.1:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#B54100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FBEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#87ACFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 5.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Light steelblue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8B4A
Analogous#4AFFE5, #4A64FF
Triadic#FF4ABE, #BEFF4A
Split complementary#FF4A64, #FFE54A
Tetradic#E54AFF, #FF8B4A, #64FF4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F5FF
Lighter +20%#B0E3FF
Lighter +10%#7DD0FF
Darker −10%#17ACFF
Darker −20%#0091E3
Darker −30%#0071B0
Darker −40%#00507D
More saturated +25%#4ABEFF
Less saturated −25%#61B8E8

Channel breakdown

R74
G190
B255
Red74 (29%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue201.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G BE · B FF

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