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Recognised as Colour

#62AAFE

  • #62AAFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#62AAFE is a blue with RGB values 98, 170, 254 and HSL 212°, 99%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#62AAFE#62AAFE
HEX#62AAFE
RGBrgb(98, 170, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.6667, 0.9961
RGB percentages38.4%, 66.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(212.3, 98.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 61.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK61.4%, 33.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,466,302
CSS custom property--colour: #62AAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#9D5501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#86AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#71A0FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Light skyblue · ΔE 26.4Sky blue · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEB662
Analogous#62F8FE, #6862FE
Triadic#FE62AA, #AAFE62
Split complementary#FE6862, #F8FE62
Tetradic#FE62F8, #FEB662, #62FE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFCFF
Lighter +20%#C7E1FF
Lighter +10%#95C5FE
Darker −10%#2F8FFE
Darker −20%#0274F8
Darker −30%#015CC6
Darker −40%#014493
More saturated +25%#61AAFF
Less saturated −25%#76ACEA

Channel breakdown

R98
G170
B254
Red98 (38.4%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue212.31°
Saturation (HSL)98.73%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G AA · B FE

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