Recognised as Colour

#7496DF

#7496DF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7496DF is a blue with RGB values 116, 150, 223 and HSL 221°, 63%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#7496DF

RGBrgb(116, 150, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.5882, 0.8745

RGB percentages45.5%, 58.8%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(220.9, 62.6%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.9, 48%, 87.5%)

CMYK48%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,640,799

CSS custom property--colour: #7496DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1

Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#8B6920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B9CE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F92DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#48A6B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.7 Steel blue · ΔE 17.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.9 Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 28.3 Medium purple · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DFBD74

Analogous#74CCDF, #8774DF

Triadic#DF7496, #96DF74

Split complementary#DF8874, #CCDF74

Tetradic#DF74CC, #DFBD74, #74DF87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0F4FC

Lighter +20%#C7D5F2

Lighter +10%#9DB5E9

Darker −10%#4B77D5

Darker −20%#2C5BC1

Darker −30%#234897

Darker −40%#19346E

More saturated +25%#5F8EF4

Less saturated −25%#899ECA

Channel breakdown

R116

G150

B223

Red116 (45.5%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue220.93°

Saturation (HSL)62.57%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 74 · G 96 · B DF

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