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Recognised as Colour

#769CFB

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

#769CFB is a blue with RGB values 118, 156, 251 and HSL 223°, 94%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#769CFB#769CFB
HEX#769CFB
RGBrgb(118, 156, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.6118, 0.9843
RGB percentages46.3%, 61.2%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(222.9, 94.3%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 53%, 98.4%)
CMYK53%, 37.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,773,435
CSS custom property--colour: #769CFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#896304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#76A5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6699F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#30B1BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.9Medium purple · ΔE 25.7Royal blue · ΔE 25.9Steel blue · ΔE 29Slate blue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD576
Analogous#76DEFB, #9376FB
Triadic#FB769C, #9CFB76
Split complementary#FB9376, #DEFB76
Tetradic#FB76DE, #FBD576, #76FB93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9E4FE
Lighter +10%#A8C0FC
Darker −10%#4478FA
Darker −20%#1354F8
Darker −30%#0640D2
Darker −40%#0531A0
More saturated +25%#729AFF
Less saturated −25%#88A4E9

Channel breakdown

R118
G156
B251
Red118 (46.3%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)94.33%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 9C · B FB

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