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Recognised as Colour

#679FEF

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

#679FEF is a blue with RGB values 103, 159, 239 and HSL 215°, 81%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#679FEF#679FEF
HEX#679FEF
RGBrgb(103, 159, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.6235, 0.9373
RGB percentages40.4%, 62.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(215.3, 81%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.3, 56.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK56.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,791,151
CSS custom property--colour: #679FEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#986010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7EA5F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C98EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00B1BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 20.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.9Light skyblue · ΔE 27.6Royal blue · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFB767
Analogous#67E3EF, #7367EF
Triadic#EF679F, #9FEF67
Split complementary#EF7367, #E3EF67
Tetradic#EF67E3, #EFB767, #67EF73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F6FE
Lighter +20%#C3D9F9
Lighter +10%#95BCF4
Darker −10%#3982EA
Darker −20%#1767D9
Darker −30%#1251AB
Darker −40%#0D3B7D
More saturated +25%#579CFF
Less saturated −25%#7CA3DA

Channel breakdown

R103
G159
B239
Red103 (40.4%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue215.29°
Saturation (HSL)80.95%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 9F · B EF

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