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Recognised as Colour

#749CEC

  • #749CEC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#749CEC is a blue with RGB values 116, 156, 236 and HSL 220°, 76%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#749CEC#749CEC
HEX#749CEC
RGBrgb(116, 156, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.6118, 0.9255
RGB percentages45.5%, 61.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(220, 75.9%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 50.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK50.8%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,642,348
CSS custom property--colour: #749CEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#8B6313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7DA3EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F98EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#3BADB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.7Steel blue · ΔE 21.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.2Light skyblue · ΔE 29.2Medium purple · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC474
Analogous#74D8EC, #8874EC
Triadic#EC749C, #9CEC74
Split complementary#EC8874, #D8EC74
Tetradic#EC74D8, #ECC474, #74EC88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFCFE
Lighter +20%#CEDCF8
Lighter +10%#A1BCF2
Darker −10%#477CE6
Darker −20%#1E5DDC
Darker −30%#184AAF
Darker −40%#123782
More saturated +25%#6196FF
Less saturated −25%#88A3D8

Channel breakdown

R116
G156
B236
Red116 (45.5%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)75.95%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 9C · B EC

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