Colour

#104B72

#104B72
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#104B72 is a blue with RGB values 16, 75, 114 and HSL 204°, 75%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#104B72

RGBrgb(16, 75, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.2941, 0.4471

RGB percentages6.3%, 29.4%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(203.9, 75.4%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(203.9, 86%, 44.7%)

CMYK86%, 34.2%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,067,890

CSS custom property--colour: #104B72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.25:1

Contrast with white9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#EFB48D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#394C74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B4371no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#005559no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 22.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.3 Slate grey · ΔE 28.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.4 Dim grey · ΔE 31.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 22.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#723710

Analogous#107268, #101A72

Triadic#72104B, #4B7210

Split complementary#72101A, #726810

Tetradic#681072, #723710, #1A7210

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#65B5E9

Lighter +30%#389FE3

Lighter +20%#1D86CB

Lighter +10%#16689F

Darker −10%#0A2E45

Darker −20%#031019

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#004E82

Less saturated −25%#204862

Channel breakdown

R16

G75

B114

Red16 (6.3%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue203.88°

Saturation (HSL)75.38%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 10 · G 4B · B 72

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