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Colour

#769CED

  • #769CED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#769CED is a blue with RGB values 118, 156, 237 and HSL 221°, 77%, 70%. 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

#769CED#769CED
HEX#769CED
RGBrgb(118, 156, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.6118, 0.9294
RGB percentages46.3%, 61.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(220.8, 76.8%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.8, 50.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK50.2%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,773,421
CSS custom property--colour: #769CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#896312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7DA3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F98EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#40ADB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.4Steel blue · ΔE 22Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.9Light skyblue · ΔE 29.7Medium purple · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC776
Analogous#76D8ED, #8B76ED
Triadic#ED769C, #9CED76
Split complementary#ED8B76, #D8ED76
Tetradic#ED76D8, #EDC776, #76ED8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D0DDF9
Lighter +10%#A3BDF3
Darker −10%#497BE7
Darker −20%#1D5BE0
Darker −30%#1749B3
Darker −40%#123785
More saturated +25%#6495FF
Less saturated −25%#89A3DA

Channel breakdown

R118
G156
B237
Red118 (46.3%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue220.84°
Saturation (HSL)76.77%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 9C · B ED

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