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Recognised as Colour

#69A0EA

  • #69A0EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#69A0EA is a blue with RGB values 105, 160, 234 and HSL 214°, 75%, 66%. 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

#69A0EA#69A0EA
HEX#69A0EA
RGBrgb(105, 160, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6275, 0.9176
RGB percentages41.2%, 62.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(214.4, 75.4%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.4, 55.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK55.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,922,474
CSS custom property--colour: #69A0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#965F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82A5EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7298E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#0BB1BAno 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 text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 22Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.5Light skyblue · ΔE 24.7Light steelblue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAB369
Analogous#69E0EA, #7369EA
Triadic#EA69A0, #A0EA69
Split complementary#EA7369, #E0EA69
Tetradic#EA69E0, #EAB369, #69EA73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF5FD
Lighter +20%#C2D9F7
Lighter +10%#96BCF0
Darker −10%#3C84E4
Darker −20%#1D69D0
Darker −30%#1753A3
Darker −40%#113C76
More saturated +25%#549DFF
Less saturated −25%#7EA3D5

Channel breakdown

R105
G160
B234
Red105 (41.2%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue214.42°
Saturation (HSL)75.44%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G A0 · B EA

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