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Recognised as Colour

#749FDF

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

#749FDF is a blue with RGB values 116, 159, 223 and HSL 216°, 63%, 66%. 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

#749FDF#749FDF
HEX#749FDF
RGBrgb(116, 159, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.6235, 0.8745
RGB percentages45.5%, 62.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(215.9, 62.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.9, 48%, 87.5%)
CMYK48%, 28.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,643,103
CSS custom property--colour: #749FDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#8B6020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A3E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A99DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#46ADB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.3Steel blue · ΔE 14.9Light skyblue · ΔE 21.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.5Light steelblue · ΔE 26Sky blue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFB474
Analogous#74D5DF, #7E74DF
Triadic#DF749F, #9FDF74
Split complementary#DF7E74, #D5DF74
Tetradic#DF74D5, #DFB474, #74DF7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F5FC
Lighter +20%#C7D8F2
Lighter +10%#9DBCE9
Darker −10%#4B82D5
Darker −20%#2C68C1
Darker −30%#235297
Darker −40%#193B6E
More saturated +25%#5F9BF4
Less saturated −25%#89A3CA

Channel breakdown

R116
G159
B223
Red116 (45.5%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue215.89°
Saturation (HSL)62.57%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 9F · B DF

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