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Recognised as Colour

#106EA3

  • #106EA3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#106EA3 is a blue with RGB values 16, 110, 163 and HSL 202°, 82%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#106EA3#106EA3
HEX#106EA3
RGBrgb(16, 110, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.4314, 0.6392
RGB percentages6.3%, 43.1%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(201.6, 82.1%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.6, 90.2%, 63.9%)
CMYK90.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,076,899
CSS custom property--colour: #106EA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.55:1
Contrast with white5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#EF915C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#556FA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4163A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#007B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.1Slate grey · ΔE 26.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 27.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 31.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A34510
Analogous#10A38E, #1025A3
Triadic#A3106E, #6EA310
Split complementary#A31025, #A38E10
Tetradic#8E10A3, #A34510, #25A310

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8BCEF4
Lighter +30%#5DBAEF
Lighter +20%#2EA7EB
Lighter +10%#158DD1
Darker −10%#0B4F75
Darker −20%#072F46
Darker −30%#021018
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0072B3
Less saturated −25%#26688D

Channel breakdown

R16
G110
B163
Red16 (6.3%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue201.63°
Saturation (HSL)82.12%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 10 · G 6E · B A3

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