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Colour

#6495ED

  • #6495ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Named: Cornflower blue

#6495ED is the CSS colour blue with RGB values 100, 149, 237 and HSL 219°, 79%, 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

#6495ED#6495ED
HEX#6495ED
RGBrgb(100, 149, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.5843, 0.9294
RGB percentages39.2%, 58.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(218.5, 79.2%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.5, 57.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK57.8%, 37.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,591,981
CSS custom property--colour: #6495ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.06:1
Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#9B6A12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#709DF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E90EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00A9B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 0Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.3Steel blue · ΔE 23.7Royal blue · ΔE 27.2Medium purple · ΔE 28.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.8
This is a named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)exact match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usablecornflowerblue

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDBC64
Analogous#64D9ED, #7864ED
Triadic#ED6495, #95ED64
Split complementary#ED7864, #DAED64
Tetradic#ED64D9, #EDBC64, #64ED78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF3FD
Lighter +20%#BFD3F8
Lighter +10%#92B4F2
Darker −10%#3676E8
Darker −20%#185BD3
Darker −30%#1347A5
Darker −40%#0E3477
More saturated +25%#5290FF
Less saturated −25%#7A9BD7

Channel breakdown

R100
G149
B237
Red100 (39.2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue218.54°
Saturation (HSL)79.19%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G 95 · B ED

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