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Recognised as Colour

#1078AC

  • #1078AC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#1078AC is a blue with RGB values 16, 120, 172 and HSL 200°, 83%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#1078AC#1078AC
HEX#1078AC
RGBrgb(16, 120, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.4706, 0.6745
RGB percentages6.3%, 47.1%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(200, 83%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 90.7%, 67.5%)
CMYK90.7%, 30.2%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,079,468
CSS custom property--colour: #1078AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#EF8753

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F78AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B6BABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00858Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 6.9Slate grey · ΔE 25.8Light slate grey · ΔE 26.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.7Light skyblue · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC4410
Analogous#10AC92, #102AAC
Triadic#AC1078, #78AC10
Split complementary#AC102A, #AC9210
Tetradic#9210AC, #AC4410, #2AAC10

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93D4F5
Lighter +30%#64C2F1
Lighter +20%#36AFEC
Lighter +10%#1499DB
Darker −10%#0C577D
Darker −20%#07374F
Darker −30%#031620
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#007DBC
Less saturated −25%#287095

Channel breakdown

R16
G120
B172
Red16 (6.3%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)82.98%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 10 · G 78 · B AC

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