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Recognised as Colour

#118DCA

  • #118DCA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#118DCA is a cyan with RGB values 17, 141, 202 and HSL 200°, 84%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#118DCA#118DCA
HEX#118DCA
RGBrgb(17, 141, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.5529, 0.7922
RGB percentages6.7%, 55.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(199.8, 84.5%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.8, 91.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK91.6%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,150,410
CSS custom property--colour: #118DCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.69:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#EE7235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F8ECDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#587EC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009CA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.4Light skyblue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 29.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA4E11
Analogous#11CAAA, #1131CA
Triadic#CA118D, #8DCA11
Split complementary#CA1131, #CAAA11
Tetradic#AA11CA, #CA4E11, #31CA11

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFE0F8
Lighter +30%#80CEF4
Lighter +20%#51BCF0
Lighter +10%#22AAEC
Darker −10%#0D6C9B
Darker −20%#094B6C
Darker −30%#052A3D
Darker −40%#010A0E
More saturated +25%#0093DB
Less saturated −25%#2C84AF

Channel breakdown

R17
G141
B202
Red17 (6.7%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue199.78°
Saturation (HSL)84.47%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 11 · G 8D · B CA

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