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Recognised as Colour

#708FD8

  • #708FD8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#708FD8 is a blue with RGB values 112, 143, 216 and HSL 222°, 57%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#708FD8#708FD8
HEX#708FD8
RGBrgb(112, 143, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.5608, 0.8471
RGB percentages43.9%, 56.1%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(222.1, 57.1%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 48.1%, 84.7%)
CMYK48.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,376,856
CSS custom property--colour: #708FD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#8F7027

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7495DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#688CD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#459FA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.8Steel blue · ΔE 17.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.5Medium purple · ΔE 29.8Light skyblue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8B970
Analogous#70C3D8, #8570D8
Triadic#D8708F, #8FD870
Split complementary#D88570, #C3D870
Tetradic#D870C3, #D8B970, #70D885

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8EDF9
Lighter +20%#C0CEEE
Lighter +10%#98AEE3
Darker −10%#4870CD
Darker −20%#3057B2
Darker −30%#26438A
Darker −40%#1B3061
More saturated +25%#5986EF
Less saturated −25%#8798C1

Channel breakdown

R112
G143
B216
Red112 (43.9%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue222.12°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 8F · B D8

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