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Recognised as Colour

#739DEB

  • #739DEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#739DEB is a blue with RGB values 115, 157, 235 and HSL 219°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#739DEB#739DEB
HEX#739DEB
RGBrgb(115, 157, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.6157, 0.9216
RGB percentages45.1%, 61.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(219, 75%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219, 51.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK51.1%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,577,067
CSS custom property--colour: #739DEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#8C6214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7FA3EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7198E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#39AEB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.7Steel blue · ΔE 20.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.1Light skyblue · ΔE 27.9Medium purple · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBC173
Analogous#73D9EB, #8573EB
Triadic#EB739D, #9DEB73
Split complementary#EB8573, #D9EB73
Tetradic#EB73D9, #EBC173, #73EB85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FBFE
Lighter +20%#CCDBF8
Lighter +10%#A0BCF1
Darker −10%#467EE5
Darker −20%#1F60D9
Darker −30%#194CAC
Darker −40%#123980
More saturated +25%#5F97FF
Less saturated −25%#87A3D7

Channel breakdown

R115
G157
B235
Red115 (45.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue219°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 9D · B EB

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