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Recognised as Colour

#699EE2

  • #699EE2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#699EE2 is a blue with RGB values 105, 158, 226 and HSL 214°, 68%, 65%. 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

#699EE2#699EE2
HEX#699EE2
RGBrgb(105, 158, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6196, 0.8863
RGB percentages41.2%, 62%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(213.7, 67.6%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.7, 53.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK53.5%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,921,954
CSS custom property--colour: #699EE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#96611D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83A2E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7396E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#21ADB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.4Steel blue · ΔE 15Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.3Light skyblue · ΔE 23Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.5Light steelblue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2AD69
Analogous#69DBE2, #7069E2
Triadic#E2699E, #9EE269
Split complementary#E27069, #DBE269
Tetradic#E269DB, #E2AD69, #69E270

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F1FB
Lighter +20%#BED5F3
Lighter +10%#94BAEA
Darker −10%#3E82DA
Darker −20%#2569C0
Darker −30%#1D5295
Darker −40%#153A6A
More saturated +25%#539BF8
Less saturated −25%#7FA1CC

Channel breakdown

R105
G158
B226
Red105 (41.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue213.72°
Saturation (HSL)67.6%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 9E · B E2

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