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Recognised as Colour

#519BE6

  • #519BE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#519BE6 is a blue with RGB values 81, 155, 230 and HSL 210°, 75%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#519BE6#519BE6
HEX#519BE6
RGBrgb(81, 155, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.6078, 0.902
RGB percentages31.8%, 60.8%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(210.2, 74.9%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.2, 64.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK64.8%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,348,326
CSS custom property--colour: #519BE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#AE6419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A9FE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6690E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.3Steel blue · ΔE 16.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.4Light skyblue · ΔE 26.1Sky blue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E69C51
Analogous#51E6E6, #5151E6
Triadic#E6519B, #9BE651
Split complementary#E65251, #E6E651
Tetradic#E651E6, #E69C51, #51E652

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D7E8F9
Lighter +20%#AACEF3
Lighter +10%#7EB5EC
Darker −10%#2481E0
Darker −20%#1A68B7
Darker −30%#144F8A
Darker −40%#0D355E
More saturated +25%#389BFF
Less saturated −25%#6A9BCD

Channel breakdown

R81
G155
B230
Red81 (31.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue210.2°
Saturation (HSL)74.87%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 9B · B E6

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