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Recognised as Colour

#689CFE

  • #689CFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#689CFE is a blue with RGB values 104, 156, 254 and HSL 219°, 99%, 70%. 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

#689CFE#689CFE
HEX#689CFE
RGBrgb(104, 156, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6118, 0.9961
RGB percentages40.8%, 61.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(219.2, 98.7%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.2, 59.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK59.1%, 38.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,855,934
CSS custom property--colour: #689CFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.7 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#989898
Inverted#976301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#72A5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E97FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 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 5.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 11Royal blue · ΔE 25.2Medium purple · ΔE 27.5Steel blue · ΔE 29.5Slate blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FECA68
Analogous#68E7FE, #7F68FE
Triadic#FE689C, #9CFE68
Split complementary#FE7F68, #E7FE68
Tetradic#FE68E7, #FECA68, #68FE7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#CDDEFF
Lighter +10%#9BBDFE
Darker −10%#357BFE
Darker −20%#035AFD
Darker −30%#0147CC
Darker −40%#013699
More saturated +25%#679CFF
Less saturated −25%#7BA2EB

Channel breakdown

R104
G156
B254
Red104 (40.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue219.2°
Saturation (HSL)98.68%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 9C · B FE

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