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Recognised as Colour

#106FED

  • #106FED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#106FED is a blue with RGB values 16, 111, 237 and HSL 214°, 87%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#106FED#106FED
HEX#106FED
RGBrgb(16, 111, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.4353, 0.9294
RGB percentages6.3%, 43.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(214.2, 87.4%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.2, 93.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK93.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,077,229
CSS custom property--colour: #106FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.65:1
Contrast with white4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#EF9012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007EF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 6Dodgerblue · ΔE 18Slate blue · ΔE 18.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 19Medium purple · ΔE 25.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED8E10
Analogous#10DDED, #2010ED
Triadic#ED106F, #6FED10
Split complementary#ED2010, #DDED10
Tetradic#ED10DD, #ED8E10, #10ED20

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDE1FC
Lighter +30%#9EC5F8
Lighter +20%#6EA8F5
Lighter +10%#3E8BF2
Darker −10%#0D59BD
Darker −20%#0A428D
Darker −30%#062C5E
Darker −40%#03152E
More saturated +25%#006DFD
Less saturated −25%#3073CD

Channel breakdown

R16
G111
B237
Red16 (6.3%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue214.21°
Saturation (HSL)87.35%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 10 · G 6F · B ED

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