Recognised as Colour

#125FAA

#125FAA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#125FAA is a blue with RGB values 18, 95, 170 and HSL 210°, 81%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#125FAA#125FAA

HEX#125FAA

RGBrgb(18, 95, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.3725, 0.6667

RGB percentages7.1%, 37.3%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(209.6, 80.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209.6, 89.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK89.4%, 44.1%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,204,138

CSS custom property--colour: #125FAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.48:1

Contrast with white6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#EDA055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3865ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#1858A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00717Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7 Steel blue · ΔE 21.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.3 Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.1 Royal blue · ΔE 28.3 Slate blue · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 21.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA5D12

Analogous#12AAA9, #1213AA

Triadic#AA125F, #5FAA12

Split complementary#AA1213, #AAA912

Tetradic#A912AA, #AA5D12, #13AA12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#94C5F4

Lighter +30%#66ABEF

Lighter +20%#3892EA

Lighter +10%#1779D8

Darker −10%#0D457C

Darker −20%#082B4E

Darker −30%#031220

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005FBC

Less saturated −25%#295F93

Channel breakdown

R18

G95

B170

Red18 (7.1%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue209.61°

Saturation (HSL)80.85%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 12 · G 5F · B AA

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