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Recognised as Colour

#769EEB

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

#769EEB is a blue with RGB values 118, 158, 235 and HSL 219°, 75%, 69%. 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

#769EEB#769EEB
HEX#769EEB
RGBrgb(118, 158, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.6196, 0.9216
RGB percentages46.3%, 62%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(219.5, 74.5%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.5, 49.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK49.8%, 32.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,773,931
CSS custom property--colour: #769EEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#896114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#80A4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7399E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#41AFBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.4Steel blue · ΔE 20.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 26Light skyblue · ΔE 27.4Light steelblue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBC376
Analogous#76D9EB, #8876EB
Triadic#EB769E, #9EEB76
Split complementary#EB8876, #D9EB76
Tetradic#EB76D9, #EBC376, #76EB88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFE
Lighter +20%#CFDDF8
Lighter +10%#A3BEF1
Darker −10%#497EE5
Darker −20%#2060DB
Darker −30%#194CAF
Darker −40%#133982
More saturated +25%#6298FF
Less saturated −25%#8AA4D7

Channel breakdown

R118
G158
B235
Red118 (46.3%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue219.49°
Saturation (HSL)74.52%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 9E · B EB

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