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Recognised as Colour

#71AAFF

  • #71AAFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#71AAFF is a blue with RGB values 113, 170, 255 and HSL 216°, 100%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#71AAFF#71AAFF
HEX#71AAFF
RGBrgb(113, 170, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.6667, 1
RGB percentages44.3%, 66.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(215.9, 100%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.9, 55.7%, 100%)
CMYK55.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,449,343
CSS custom property--colour: #71AAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#8E5500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87B0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#75A3FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 24Steel blue · ΔE 24.7Light skyblue · ΔE 27.4Medium purple · ΔE 34.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC671
Analogous#71F1FF, #7F71FF
Triadic#FF71AA, #AAFF71
Split complementary#FF7F71, #F1FF71
Tetradic#FF71F1, #FFC671, #71FF7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7E7FF
Lighter +10%#A4C9FF
Darker −10%#3E8BFF
Darker −20%#0B6DFF
Darker −30%#0056D7
Darker −40%#0042A4
More saturated +25%#71AAFF
Less saturated −25%#83AEED

Channel breakdown

R113
G170
B255
Red113 (44.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue215.92°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 71 · G AA · B FF

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