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Recognised as Colour

#125ACE

  • #125ACE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#125ACE is a blue with RGB values 18, 90, 206 and HSL 217°, 84%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#125ACE#125ACE
HEX#125ACE
RGBrgb(18, 90, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.3529, 0.8078
RGB percentages7.1%, 35.3%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(217, 83.9%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217, 91.3%, 80.8%)
CMYK91.3%, 56.3%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,202,894
CSS custom property--colour: #125ACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.21:1
Contrast with white6.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#EDA531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#00778Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 7Slate blue · ΔE 14.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.5Medium purple · ΔE 24.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 7, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE8612
Analogous#12B8CE, #2812CE
Triadic#CE125A, #5ACE12
Split complementary#CE2812, #B8CE12
Tetradic#CE12B8, #CE8612, #12CE28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4CEF8
Lighter +30%#85AFF4
Lighter +20%#5691F0
Lighter +10%#2772EC
Darker −10%#0E469F
Darker −20%#0A3170
Darker −30%#061D41
Darker −40%#020812
More saturated +25%#0056E0
Less saturated −25%#2E61B2

Channel breakdown

R18
G90
B206
Red18 (7.1%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue217.02°
Saturation (HSL)83.93%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 5A · B CE

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