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Recognised as Colour

#016B98

  • #016B98
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#016B98 is a cyan with RGB values 1, 107, 152 and HSL 198°, 99%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#016B98#016B98
HEX#016B98
RGBrgb(1, 107, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.4196, 0.5961
RGB percentages0.4%, 42%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(197.9, 98.7%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.9, 99.3%, 59.6%)
CMYK99.3%, 29.6%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer93,080
CSS custom property--colour: #016B98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1
Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#FE9467

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#556B9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#425F97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00777Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.1Slate grey · ΔE 24.4Light slate grey · ΔE 25.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.2Teal · ΔE 31.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#982E01
Analogous#01987A, #011F98
Triadic#98016B, #6B9801
Split complementary#98011F, #987A01
Tetradic#7A0198, #982E01, #209801

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#67D1FE
Lighter +30%#34C2FE
Lighter +20%#02B2FD
Lighter +10%#018FCB
Darker −10%#014765
Darker −20%#002433
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006B99
Less saturated −25%#146385

Channel breakdown

R1
G107
B152
Red1 (0.4%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue197.88°
Saturation (HSL)98.69%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 6B · B 98

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