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Recognised as Colour

#64BAE5

  • #64BAE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#64BAE5 is a blue with RGB values 100, 186, 229 and HSL 200°, 71%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#64BAE5#64BAE5
HEX#64BAE5
RGBrgb(100, 186, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.7294, 0.898
RGB percentages39.2%, 72.9%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(200, 71.3%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 56.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK56.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,601,445
CSS custom property--colour: #64BAE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#9B451A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5B8E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#93AAE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.5Sky blue · ΔE 11Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 20.1Light blue · ΔE 21.7Steel blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E58F64
Analogous#64E5D0, #647AE5
Triadic#E564BA, #BAE564
Split complementary#E5647A, #E5D064
Tetradic#CF64E5, #E58F64, #7AE564

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F4FB
Lighter +20%#BBE1F4
Lighter +10%#90CDEC
Darker −10%#38A7DE
Darker −20%#218CC2
Darker −30%#196D97
Darker −40%#124D6B
More saturated +25%#4DC2FC
Less saturated −25%#7BB2CE

Channel breakdown

R100
G186
B229
Red100 (39.2%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)71.27%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G BA · B E5

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