Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#729AED

  • #729AED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#729AED is a blue with RGB values 114, 154, 237 and HSL 220°, 77%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#729AED#729AED
HEX#729AED
RGBrgb(114, 154, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.6039, 0.9294
RGB percentages44.7%, 60.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(220.5, 77.4%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.5, 51.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK51.9%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,510,765
CSS custom property--colour: #729AED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#8D6512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79A1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B96EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#35ACB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 3.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 18Steel blue · ΔE 22.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.5Medium purple · ΔE 29.2Royal blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 3.92, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC572
Analogous#72D8ED, #8872ED
Triadic#ED729A, #9AED72
Split complementary#ED8872, #D7ED72
Tetradic#ED72D8, #EDC572, #72ED88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFE
Lighter +20%#CCDBF9
Lighter +10%#9FBAF3
Darker −10%#457AE7
Darker −20%#1C5BDD
Darker −30%#1648B0
Darker −40%#113682
More saturated +25%#6094FF
Less saturated −25%#86A1D9

Channel breakdown

R114
G154
B237
Red114 (44.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue220.49°
Saturation (HSL)77.36%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 9A · B ED

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “729aed” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.