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Colour

#679FE9

  • #679FE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#679FE9 is a blue with RGB values 103, 159, 233 and HSL 214°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#679FE9#679FE9
HEX#679FE9
RGBrgb(103, 159, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.6235, 0.9137
RGB percentages40.4%, 62.4%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(214.2, 74.7%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.2, 55.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK55.8%, 31.8%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,791,145
CSS custom property--colour: #679FE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#986016

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81A4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7097E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.5Steel blue · ΔE 17.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 22Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.3Light skyblue · ΔE 24.9Light steelblue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9B167
Analogous#67E0E9, #7067E9
Triadic#E9679F, #9FE967
Split complementary#E97067, #E0E967
Tetradic#E967E0, #E9B167, #67E970

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF3FC
Lighter +20%#C0D7F6
Lighter +10%#94BBEF
Darker −10%#3A83E3
Darker −20%#1E69CC
Darker −30%#1752A0
Darker −40%#113B73
More saturated +25%#519CFF
Less saturated −25%#7DA2D3

Channel breakdown

R103
G159
B233
Red103 (40.4%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue214.15°
Saturation (HSL)74.71%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 9F · B E9

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