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Recognised as Colour

#679EE9

  • #679EE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#679EE9 is a blue with RGB values 103, 158, 233 and HSL 215°, 75%, 66%. 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

#679EE9#679EE9
HEX#679EE9
RGBrgb(103, 158, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.6196, 0.9137
RGB percentages40.4%, 62%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(214.6, 74.7%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.6, 55.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK55.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,790,889
CSS custom property--colour: #679EE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.64:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#986116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7FA3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F96E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.8Steel blue · ΔE 17.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.7Light skyblue · ΔE 25.7Light steelblue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9B267
Analogous#67DFE9, #7167E9
Triadic#E9679E, #9EE967
Split complementary#E97167, #DFE967
Tetradic#E967DF, #E9B267, #67E971

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF3FC
Lighter +20%#C0D7F6
Lighter +10%#94BAEF
Darker −10%#3A82E3
Darker −20%#1E68CC
Darker −30%#1751A0
Darker −40%#113A73
More saturated +25%#519BFF
Less saturated −25%#7DA1D3

Channel breakdown

R103
G158
B233
Red103 (40.4%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue214.62°
Saturation (HSL)74.71%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 9E · B E9

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