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Recognised as Colour

#64AEDC

  • #64AEDC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#64AEDC is a blue with RGB values 100, 174, 220 and HSL 203°, 63%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#64AEDC#64AEDC
HEX#64AEDC
RGBrgb(100, 174, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.6824, 0.8627
RGB percentages39.2%, 68.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(203, 63.2%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 54.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK54.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,598,364
CSS custom property--colour: #64AEDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#9B5123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99ADDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A1DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 15Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 20.3Light slate grey · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC9264
Analogous#64DCCE, #6472DC
Triadic#DC64AE, #AEDC64
Split complementary#DC6472, #DCCE64
Tetradic#CE64DC, #DC9264, #72DC64

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1EFF8
Lighter +20%#B7D9EF
Lighter +10%#8EC4E5
Darker −10%#3A98D3
Darker −20%#287DB2
Darker −30%#1F6088
Darker −40%#15435F
More saturated +25%#4CB4F4
Less saturated −25%#7CA8C4

Channel breakdown

R100
G174
B220
Red100 (39.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue203°
Saturation (HSL)63.16%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G AE · B DC

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