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Recognised as Colour

#7389EE

  • #7389EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7389EE is a blue with RGB values 115, 137, 238 and HSL 229°, 78%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7389EE#7389EE
HEX#7389EE
RGBrgb(115, 137, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.5373, 0.9333
RGB percentages45.1%, 53.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(229.3, 78.3%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.3, 51.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK51.7%, 42.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,571,950
CSS custom property--colour: #7389EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#8C7611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F95F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#528BECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3B9FB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 14Royal blue · ΔE 17.9Medium purple · ΔE 17.9Slate blue · ΔE 22Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED873
Analogous#73C7EE, #9B73EE
Triadic#EE7389, #89EE73
Split complementary#EE9A73, #C7EE73
Tetradic#EE73C6, #EED873, #73EE9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFCFF
Lighter +20%#CED6F9
Lighter +10%#A0AFF4
Darker −10%#4663E8
Darker −20%#1B3EE0
Darker −30%#1632B2
Darker −40%#102585
More saturated +25%#627EFF
Less saturated −25%#8796DA

Channel breakdown

R115
G137
B238
Red115 (45.1%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue229.27°
Saturation (HSL)78.34%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 89 · B EE

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