Recognised as Colour

#112EBE

#112EBE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#112EBE is a blue with RGB values 17, 46, 190 and HSL 230°, 84%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#112EBE#112EBE

HEX#112EBE

RGBrgb(17, 46, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.1804, 0.7451

RGB percentages6.7%, 18%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(229.9, 83.6%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.9, 91.1%, 74.5%)

CMYK91.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,126,078

CSS custom property--colour: #112EBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#EED141

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Tritanopia#005974no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.5 Navy · ΔE 19.6 Indigo · ΔE 24.9 Medium blue · ΔE 26 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.2 Slate blue · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BEA111

Analogous#1184BE, #4B11BE

Triadic#BE112E, #2EBE11

Split complementary#BE4B11, #84BE11

Tetradic#BE1184, #BEA111, #11BE4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A4B2F7

Lighter +30%#758AF3

Lighter +20%#4763EE

Lighter +10%#183BEA

Darker −10%#0D238F

Darker −20%#091760

Darker −30%#040C32

Darker −40%#000103

More saturated +25%#0023CF

Less saturated −25%#2B3FA4

Channel breakdown

R17

G46

B190

Red17 (6.7%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue229.94°

Saturation (HSL)83.57%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 11 · G 2E · B BE

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