Recognised as Colour

#7394DB

#7394DB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7394DB is a blue with RGB values 115, 148, 219 and HSL 221°, 59%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#7394DB

RGBrgb(115, 148, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.5804, 0.8588

RGB percentages45.1%, 58%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(221, 59.1%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221, 47.5%, 85.9%)

CMYK47.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,574,747

CSS custom property--colour: #7394DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#8C6B24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#799ADEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E90D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#49A3AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.7 Steel blue · ΔE 16.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.8 Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 28.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DBBA73

Analogous#73C8DB, #8673DB

Triadic#DB7394, #94DB73

Split complementary#DB8673, #C8DB73

Tetradic#DB73C8, #DBBA73, #73DB86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDF1FA

Lighter +20%#C4D2F0

Lighter +10%#9CB3E5

Darker −10%#4A75D1

Darker −20%#2F5BB9

Darker −30%#254790

Darker −40%#1B3367

More saturated +25%#5D8CF1

Less saturated −25%#899CC5

Channel breakdown

R115

G148

B219

Red115 (45.1%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue220.96°

Saturation (HSL)59.09%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 73 · G 94 · B DB

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