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Recognised as Colour

#728EDC

  • #728EDC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#728EDC is a blue with RGB values 114, 142, 220 and HSL 224°, 60%, 65%. 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

#728EDC#728EDC
HEX#728EDC
RGBrgb(114, 142, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.5569, 0.8627
RGB percentages44.7%, 55.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(224.2, 60.2%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 48.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK48.2%, 35.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,507,676
CSS custom property--colour: #728EDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#8D7123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7196DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#658CDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#479EABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.9Steel blue · ΔE 20.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.5Medium purple · ΔE 27.1Royal blue · ΔE 29.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC072
Analogous#72C3DC, #8B72DC
Triadic#DC728E, #8EDC72
Split complementary#DC8B72, #C3DC72
Tetradic#DC72C3, #DCC072, #72DC8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF0FA
Lighter +20%#C4CFF0
Lighter +10%#9BAFE6
Darker −10%#496DD2
Darker −20%#2E53BA
Darker −30%#244191
Darker −40%#1A2F68
More saturated +25%#5C84F2
Less saturated −25%#8898C6

Channel breakdown

R114
G142
B220
Red114 (44.7%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue224.15°
Saturation (HSL)60.23%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 8E · B DC

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