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Recognised as Colour

#106FC8

  • #106FC8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#106FC8 is a blue with RGB values 16, 111, 200 and HSL 209°, 85%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#106FC8#106FC8
HEX#106FC8
RGBrgb(16, 111, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.4353, 0.7843
RGB percentages6.3%, 43.5%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(209, 85.2%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209, 92%, 78.4%)
CMYK92%, 44.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,077,192
CSS custom property--colour: #106FC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#EF9037

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F77CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1467C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.5Royal blue · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1Slate blue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C86910
Analogous#10C8C5, #1013C8
Triadic#C8106F, #6FC810
Split complementary#C81013, #C8C510
Tetradic#C510C8, #C86910, #13C810

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACD3F8
Lighter +30%#7CBAF5
Lighter +20%#4DA2F1
Lighter +10%#1E89ED
Darker −10%#0C5599
Darker −20%#083B6A
Darker −30%#05203A
Darker −40%#01060B
More saturated +25%#0070D8
Less saturated −25%#2B6EAD

Channel breakdown

R16
G111
B200
Red16 (6.3%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue209.02°
Saturation (HSL)85.19%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 10 · G 6F · B C8

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