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Recognised as Colour

#74A4ED

  • #74A4ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#74A4ED is a blue with RGB values 116, 164, 237 and HSL 216°, 77%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#74A4ED#74A4ED
HEX#74A4ED
RGBrgb(116, 164, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.6431, 0.9294
RGB percentages45.5%, 64.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(216.2, 77.1%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.2, 51.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK51.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,644,397
CSS custom property--colour: #74A4ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#8B5B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A9F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#799DEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#38B4BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.6Steel blue · ΔE 19Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.5Light skyblue · ΔE 23.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.8Light steelblue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDBD74
Analogous#74E0ED, #8174ED
Triadic#ED74A4, #A4ED74
Split complementary#ED8174, #E0ED74
Tetradic#ED74E0, #EDBD74, #74ED81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFF
Lighter +20%#CEDFF9
Lighter +10%#A1C2F3
Darker −10%#4786E7
Darker −20%#1D6ADE
Darker −30%#1754B1
Darker −40%#113F84
More saturated +25%#62A0FF
Less saturated −25%#88A8D9

Channel breakdown

R116
G164
B237
Red116 (45.5%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue216.2°
Saturation (HSL)77.07%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G A4 · B ED

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