Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#112CE2

  • #112CE2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#112CE2 is a blue with RGB values 17, 44, 226 and HSL 232°, 86%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#112CE2#112CE2
HEX#112CE2
RGBrgb(17, 44, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.1725, 0.8863
RGB percentages6.7%, 17.3%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(232.2, 86%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.2, 92.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK92.5%, 80.5%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,125,602
CSS custom property--colour: #112CE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.46:1
Contrast with white8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#EED31D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0042DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#006789no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.1Blue violet · ΔE 21.3Blue · ΔE 26.3Dark violet · ΔE 27.4Dark blue · ΔE 29.8Dark orchid · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2C711
Analogous#1194E2, #5E11E2
Triadic#E2112C, #2CE211
Split complementary#E25F11, #94E211
Tetradic#E21195, #E2C711, #11E25F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4CBFB
Lighter +30%#95A2F7
Lighter +20%#6678F3
Lighter +10%#364EF0
Darker −10%#0D23B3
Darker −20%#0A1A83
Darker −30%#061054
Darker −40%#030724
More saturated +25%#001FF3
Less saturated −25%#2F43C4

Channel breakdown

R17
G44
B226
Red17 (6.7%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue232.25°
Saturation (HSL)86.01%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 11 · G 2C · B E2

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “112ce2” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.