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Recognised as Colour

#4E90FB

  • #4E90FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dodgerblue

#4E90FB is a blue with RGB values 78, 144, 251 and HSL 217°, 96%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#4E90FB#4E90FB
HEX#4E90FB
RGBrgb(78, 144, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.5647, 0.9843
RGB percentages30.6%, 56.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(217.1, 95.6%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.1, 68.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK68.9%, 42.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,148,923
CSS custom property--colour: #4E90FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#B16F04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C9AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E8AF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00A9B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 5.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.1Royal blue · ΔE 19Medium purple · ΔE 25.9Slate blue · ΔE 27.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 5.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBB94E
Analogous#4EE6FB, #634EFB
Triadic#FB4E90, #90FB4E
Split complementary#FB634E, #E6FB4E
Tetradic#FB4EE6, #FBB94E, #4EFB63

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4EEFE
Lighter +20%#B2CFFD
Lighter +10%#80AFFC
Darker −10%#1C71FA
Darker −20%#0558DE
Darker −30%#0444AC
Darker −40%#03307A
More saturated +25%#4A8FFF
Less saturated −25%#6595E4

Channel breakdown

R78
G144
B251
Red78 (30.6%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue217.11°
Saturation (HSL)95.58%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 90 · B FB

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