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Recognised as Colour

#016BD6

  • #016BD6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#016BD6 is a blue with RGB values 1, 107, 214 and HSL 210°, 99%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#016BD6#016BD6
HEX#016BD6
RGBrgb(1, 107, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.4196, 0.8392
RGB percentages0.4%, 42%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(210.1, 99.1%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.1, 99.5%, 83.9%)
CMYK99.5%, 50%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer93,142
CSS custom property--colour: #016BD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.15:1
Contrast with white5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#FE9429

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2376DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#008596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 10.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.7Slate blue · ΔE 20.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.2Medium purple · ΔE 25.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 10.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D66C01
Analogous#01D6D6, #0101D6
Triadic#D6016B, #6BD601
Split complementary#D60101, #D6D601
Tetradic#D601D6, #D66C01, #01D601

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4D1FF
Lighter +30%#72B8FE
Lighter +20%#3F9EFE
Lighter +10%#0C84FE
Darker −10%#0152A3
Darker −20%#013870
Darker −30%#001F3E
Darker −40%#00050B
More saturated +25%#006BD7
Less saturated −25%#1C6BBB

Channel breakdown

R1
G107
B214
Red1 (0.4%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue210.14°
Saturation (HSL)99.07%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 6B · B D6

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