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Recognised as Colour

#126FBE

  • #126FBE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#126FBE is a blue with RGB values 18, 111, 190 and HSL 208°, 83%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#126FBE#126FBE
HEX#126FBE
RGBrgb(18, 111, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.4353, 0.7451
RGB percentages7.1%, 43.5%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(207.6, 82.7%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.6, 90.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK90.5%, 41.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,208,254
CSS custom property--colour: #126FBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#ED9041

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4775C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2866BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00828Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 27Royal blue · ΔE 27.5Slate blue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE6112
Analogous#12BEB7, #1219BE
Triadic#BE126F, #6FBE12
Split complementary#BE1219, #BEB712
Tetradic#B712BE, #BE6112, #19BE12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5D1F7
Lighter +30%#77BAF2
Lighter +20%#48A2EE
Lighter +10%#1A8AE9
Darker −10%#0E548F
Darker −20%#093961
Darker −30%#051D32
Darker −40%#000204
More saturated +25%#0070D0
Less saturated −25%#2C6DA4

Channel breakdown

R18
G111
B190
Red18 (7.1%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue207.56°
Saturation (HSL)82.69%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 6F · B BE

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