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Recognised as Colour

#0168BD

  • #0168BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#0168BD is a blue with RGB values 1, 104, 189 and HSL 207°, 99%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#0168BD#0168BD
HEX#0168BD
RGBrgb(1, 104, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.4078, 0.7412
RGB percentages0.4%, 40.8%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(207.1, 98.9%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.1, 99.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK99.5%, 45%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer92,349
CSS custom property--colour: #0168BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#FE9742

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#396FC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0B60BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007D89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.8Royal blue · ΔE 23.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 24.4Slate blue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD5601
Analogous#01BDB4, #010ABD
Triadic#BD0168, #68BD01
Split complementary#BD010A, #BDB401
Tetradic#B401BD, #BD5601, #0ABD01

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CCAFE
Lighter +30%#59B3FE
Lighter +20%#269CFE
Lighter +10%#0184F0
Darker −10%#014C8A
Darker −20%#003058
Darker −30%#001425
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0068BE
Less saturated −25%#1966A5

Channel breakdown

R1
G104
B189
Red1 (0.4%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue207.13°
Saturation (HSL)98.95%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 68 · B BD

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