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Recognised as Colour

#699CEC

  • #699CEC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#699CEC is a blue with RGB values 105, 156, 236 and HSL 217°, 78%, 67%. 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

#699CEC#699CEC
HEX#699CEC
RGBrgb(105, 156, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6118, 0.9255
RGB percentages41.2%, 61.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(216.6, 77.5%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.6, 55.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK55.5%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,921,452
CSS custom property--colour: #699CEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#966313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B96EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#06AEB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 20.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.3Light skyblue · ΔE 28.5Medium purple · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECB969
Analogous#69DEEC, #7869EC
Triadic#EC699C, #9CEC69
Split complementary#EC7869, #DEEC69
Tetradic#EC69DE, #ECB969, #69EC78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F6FD
Lighter +20%#C4D8F7
Lighter +10%#96BAF2
Darker −10%#3C7EE6
Darker −20%#1B63D4
Darker −30%#154EA7
Darker −40%#0F397A
More saturated +25%#5698FF
Less saturated −25%#7EA1D7

Channel breakdown

R105
G156
B236
Red105 (41.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue216.64°
Saturation (HSL)77.51%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 9C · B EC

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