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Recognised as Colour

#69ADE8

  • #69ADE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#69ADE8 is a blue with RGB values 105, 173, 232 and HSL 208°, 73%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#69ADE8#69ADE8
HEX#69ADE8
RGBrgb(105, 173, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6784, 0.9098
RGB percentages41.2%, 67.8%, 91%
HSLhsl(207.9, 73.4%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.9, 54.7%, 91%)
CMYK54.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,925,800
CSS custom property--colour: #69ADE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#965217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94AEEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A2E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#03BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.8Steel blue · ΔE 16.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8A469
Analogous#69E8E4, #696DE8
Triadic#E869AD, #ADE869
Split complementary#E8696E, #E8E469
Tetradic#E469E8, #E8A469, #6DE869

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF6FC
Lighter +20%#C1DDF6
Lighter +10%#95C5EF
Darker −10%#3D95E1
Darker −20%#1F7CCC
Darker −30%#1861A0
Darker −40%#124673
More saturated +25%#53AFFE
Less saturated −25%#7FABD2

Channel breakdown

R105
G173
B232
Red105 (41.2%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue207.87°
Saturation (HSL)73.41%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G AD · B E8

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