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Recognised as Colour

#6495EC

  • #6495EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6495EC is a blue with RGB values 100, 149, 236 and HSL 218°, 78%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6495EC#6495EC
HEX#6495EC
RGBrgb(100, 149, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.5843, 0.9255
RGB percentages39.2%, 58.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(218.4, 78.2%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.4, 57.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK57.6%, 36.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,591,980
CSS custom property--colour: #6495EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#9B6A13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#719CF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F90EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00A8B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 0.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Royal blue · ΔE 27.7Medium purple · ΔE 28.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 0.57, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECBB64
Analogous#64D9EC, #7764EC
Triadic#EC6495, #95EC64
Split complementary#EC7764, #D9EC64
Tetradic#EC64D9, #ECBB64, #64EC77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF2FD
Lighter +20%#BFD3F7
Lighter +10%#91B4F2
Darker −10%#3776E6
Darker −20%#1A5BD0
Darker −30%#1448A3
Darker −40%#0E3476
More saturated +25%#5190FF
Less saturated −25%#7A9BD6

Channel breakdown

R100
G149
B236
Red100 (39.2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue218.38°
Saturation (HSL)78.16%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G 95 · B EC

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