Recognised as Colour

#11519C

#11519C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#11519C is a blue with RGB values 17, 81, 156 and HSL 212°, 80%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#11519C#11519C

HEX#11519C

RGBrgb(17, 81, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.3176, 0.6118

RGB percentages6.7%, 31.8%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(212.4, 80.3%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(212.4, 89.1%, 61.2%)

CMYK89.1%, 48.1%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,135,004

CSS custom property--colour: #11519C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.83:1

Contrast with white7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#EEAE63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#26589Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#004C9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00636Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.7 Steel blue · ΔE 26.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.3 Royal blue · ΔE 28.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 28.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9C5C11

Analogous#11979C, #16119C

Triadic#9C1151, #519C11

Split complementary#9C1611, #979C11

Tetradic#9C1197, #9C5C11, #119C17

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#87B8F2

Lighter +30%#599DED

Lighter +20%#2B82E8

Lighter +10%#1669CA

Darker −10%#0C396E

Darker −20%#072140

Darker −30%#020912

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0050AD

Less saturated −25%#275386

Channel breakdown

R17

G81

B156

Red17 (6.7%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue212.37°

Saturation (HSL)80.35%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 11 · G 51 · B 9C

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