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Recognised as Colour

#116C9B

  • #116C9B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#116C9B is a blue with RGB values 17, 108, 155 and HSL 200°, 80%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#116C9B#116C9B
HEX#116C9B
RGBrgb(17, 108, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.4235, 0.6078
RGB percentages6.7%, 42.4%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(200.4, 80.2%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.4, 89%, 60.8%)
CMYK89%, 30.3%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,141,915
CSS custom property--colour: #116C9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#EE9364

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#556C9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#43609Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00787Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.9Slate grey · ΔE 24.5Light slate grey · ΔE 25.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.3Teal · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B4011
Analogous#119B85, #11279B
Triadic#9B116C, #6C9B11
Split complementary#9B1127, #9B8511
Tetradic#85119B, #9B4011, #279B11

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#86CDF2
Lighter +30%#58BAED
Lighter +20%#2AA7E8
Lighter +10%#168CC9
Darker −10%#0C4C6D
Darker −20%#072C3F
Darker −30%#020C11
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0071AC
Less saturated −25%#266585

Channel breakdown

R17
G108
B155
Red17 (6.7%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue200.43°
Saturation (HSL)80.23%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 11 · G 6C · B 9B

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