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Colour

#649EE9

  • #649EE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#649EE9 is a blue with RGB values 100, 158, 233 and HSL 214°, 75%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#649EE9#649EE9
HEX#649EE9
RGBrgb(100, 158, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.6196, 0.9137
RGB percentages39.2%, 62%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(213.8, 75.1%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.8, 57.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK57.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,594,281
CSS custom property--colour: #649EE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#9B6116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7FA3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E96E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9Steel blue · ΔE 17.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.1Light skyblue · ΔE 25.6Light steelblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9AF64
Analogous#64E0E9, #6D64E9
Triadic#E9649E, #9EE964
Split complementary#E96D64, #E0E964
Tetradic#E964E1, #E9AF64, #64E96D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAF2FC
Lighter +20%#BDD6F6
Lighter +10%#91BAEF
Darker −10%#3782E3
Darker −20%#1D68CA
Darker −30%#16519E
Darker −40%#103A71
More saturated +25%#4E9BFF
Less saturated −25%#7AA1D3

Channel breakdown

R100
G158
B233
Red100 (39.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue213.83°
Saturation (HSL)75.14%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G 9E · B E9

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