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Recognised as Colour

#74ADFF

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

#74ADFF is a blue with RGB values 116, 173, 255 and HSL 215°, 100%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#74ADFF#74ADFF
HEX#74ADFF
RGBrgb(116, 173, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.6784, 1
RGB percentages45.5%, 67.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(215.4, 100%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.4, 54.5%, 100%)
CMYK54.5%, 32.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,646,719
CSS custom property--colour: #74ADFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.16:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#8B5200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7AA5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#17BFCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.5Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Light skyblue · ΔE 25.3Light steelblue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC674
Analogous#74F2FF, #8174FF
Triadic#FF74AD, #ADFF74
Split complementary#FF8174, #F2FF74
Tetradic#FF74F2, #FFC674, #74FF80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAE9FF
Lighter +10%#A7CBFF
Darker −10%#418FFF
Darker −20%#0E71FF
Darker −30%#0059DA
Darker −40%#0044A7
More saturated +25%#74ADFF
Less saturated −25%#85B0EE

Channel breakdown

R116
G173
B255
Red116 (45.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue215.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G AD · B FF

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