Recognised as Colour

#086BCC

#086BCC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dodgerblue

#086BCC is a blue with RGB values 8, 107, 204 and HSL 210°, 92%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#086BCC#086BCC

HEX#086BCC

RGBrgb(8, 107, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.4196, 0.8

RGB percentages3.1%, 42%, 80%

HSLhsl(209.7, 92.5%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209.7, 96.1%, 80%)

CMYK96.1%, 47.5%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer551,884

CSS custom property--colour: #086BCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#F79433

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3274D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0064CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#008391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.4 Royal blue · ΔE 16.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.4 Slate blue · ΔE 23.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.1 Medium purple · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 15.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CC6908

Analogous#08CCCB, #0809CC

Triadic#CC086B, #6BCC08

Split complementary#CC0809, #CCCB08

Tetradic#CB08CC, #CC6908, #09CC08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A5D0FB

Lighter +30%#73B7FA

Lighter +20%#429EF8

Lighter +10%#1185F6

Darker −10%#06519B

Darker −20%#04386A

Darker −30%#021E39

Darker −40%#000408

More saturated +25%#006BD4

Less saturated −25%#236BB2

Channel breakdown

G107

B204

Red8 (3.1%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue209.69°

Saturation (HSL)92.45%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 6B · B CC

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