Recognised as Colour

#118AFD

#118AFD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dodgerblue

#118AFD is a blue with RGB values 17, 138, 253 and HSL 209°, 98%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#118AFD#118AFD

HEX#118AFD

RGBrgb(17, 138, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.5412, 0.9922

RGB percentages6.7%, 54.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(209.2, 98.3%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209.2, 93.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK93.3%, 45.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,149,693

CSS custom property--colour: #118AFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.08:1

Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#EE7502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4994FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0081FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00A6B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 3.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 17 Royal blue · ΔE 17 Slate blue · ΔE 27.7 Medium purple · ΔE 29 Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 3.62, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD8411

Analogous#11FDFA, #1114FD

Triadic#FD118A, #8AFD11

Split complementary#FD1114, #FDFA11

Tetradic#FA11FD, #FD8411, #14FD11

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBEDFF

Lighter +30%#A9D5FE

Lighter +20%#76BCFE

Lighter +10%#44A3FD

Darker −10%#0270D9

Darker −20%#0156A7

Darker −30%#013C74

Darker −40%#012241

More saturated +25%#0F8AFF

Less saturated −25%#2F89DF

Channel breakdown

R17

G138

B253

Red17 (6.7%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue209.24°

Saturation (HSL)98.33%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 11 · G 8A · B FD

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