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Recognised as Colour

#016EED

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

#016EED is a blue with RGB values 1, 110, 237 and HSL 212°, 99%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#016EED#016EED
HEX#016EED
RGBrgb(1, 110, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.4314, 0.9294
RGB percentages0.4%, 43.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(212.3, 99.2%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 99.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK99.6%, 53.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer93,933
CSS custom property--colour: #016EED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#FE9112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007DF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#008EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 6.4Slate blue · ΔE 18.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 19Medium purple · ΔE 25.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED8001
Analogous#01E4ED, #0A01ED
Triadic#ED016E, #6EED01
Split complementary#ED0A01, #E4ED01
Tetradic#ED01E4, #ED8001, #01ED0A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBDAFF
Lighter +30%#88BFFF
Lighter +20%#56A4FE
Lighter +10%#2388FE
Darker −10%#0156BA
Darker −20%#013F87
Darker −30%#002755
Darker −40%#001022
More saturated +25%#006EEE
Less saturated −25%#1F70CF

Channel breakdown

R1
G110
B237
Red1 (0.4%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue212.29°
Saturation (HSL)99.16%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 6E · B ED

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