Colour

#11698E

#11698E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#11698E is a cyan with RGB values 17, 105, 142 and HSL 198°, 79%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#11698E

RGBrgb(17, 105, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.4118, 0.5569

RGB percentages6.7%, 41.2%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(197.8, 78.6%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 88%, 55.7%)

CMYK88%, 26.1%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,141,134

CSS custom property--colour: #11698E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.11:1

Contrast with white6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#EE9671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#566890no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Deuteranopia#465D8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Tritanopia#007376no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 13.7 Slate grey · ΔE 21.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.6 Teal · ΔE 27 Dark cyan · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 13.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E3611

Analogous#118E74, #112B8E

Triadic#8E1169, #698E11

Split complementary#8E112A, #8E7411

Tetradic#75118E, #8E3611, #2B8E11

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7CCDEF

Lighter +30%#4EBCEA

Lighter +20%#21AAE4

Lighter +10%#168BBC

Darker −10%#0C4760

Darker −20%#062633

Darker −30%#010405

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00709F

Less saturated −25%#25617A

Channel breakdown

R17

G105

B142

Red17 (6.7%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue197.76°

Saturation (HSL)78.62%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 11 · G 69 · B 8E

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