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Recognised as Colour

#65AAFF

  • #65AAFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#65AAFF is a blue with RGB values 101, 170, 255 and HSL 213°, 100%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#65AAFF#65AAFF
HEX#65AAFF
RGBrgb(101, 170, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.6667, 1
RGB percentages39.6%, 66.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(213.1, 100%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.1, 60.4%, 100%)
CMYK60.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,662,911
CSS custom property--colour: #65AAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#9A5500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#86AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#71A1FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.1Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Light skyblue · ΔE 27Sky blue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFBA65
Analogous#65F7FF, #6D65FF
Triadic#FF65AA, #AAFF65
Split complementary#FF6D65, #F7FF65
Tetradic#FF65F7, #FFBA65, #65FF6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#CBE2FF
Lighter +10%#98C6FF
Darker −10%#328EFF
Darker −20%#0072FE
Darker −30%#005BCB
Darker −40%#004498
More saturated +25%#65AAFF
Less saturated −25%#78ACEC

Channel breakdown

R101
G170
B255
Red101 (39.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue213.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G AA · B FF

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