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Recognised as Colour

#64AEE2

  • #64AEE2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#64AEE2 is a blue with RGB values 100, 174, 226 and HSL 205°, 68%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#64AEE2#64AEE2
HEX#64AEE2
RGBrgb(100, 174, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.6824, 0.8863
RGB percentages39.2%, 68.2%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(204.8, 68.5%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.8, 55.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK55.8%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,598,370
CSS custom property--colour: #64AEE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#9B511D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97AEE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A1E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.9Steel blue · ΔE 16.5Sky blue · ΔE 17.4Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E29864
Analogous#64E2D7, #646FE2
Triadic#E264AE, #AEE264
Split complementary#E2646F, #E2D764
Tetradic#D764E2, #E29864, #6FE264

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F1FA
Lighter +20%#BADBF2
Lighter +10%#8FC4EA
Darker −10%#3998DA
Darker −20%#237DBD
Darker −30%#1B6192
Darker −40%#134467
More saturated +25%#4DB2F9
Less saturated −25%#7BAACB

Channel breakdown

R100
G174
B226
Red100 (39.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue204.76°
Saturation (HSL)68.48%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G AE · B E2

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