Colour

#127CD5

#127CD5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#127CD5 is a blue with RGB values 18, 124, 213 and HSL 207°, 84%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#127CD5

RGBrgb(18, 124, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.4863, 0.8353

RGB percentages7.1%, 48.6%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(207.4, 84.4%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(207.4, 91.5%, 83.5%)

CMYK91.5%, 41.8%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,211,605

CSS custom property--colour: #127CD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#ED832A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E83D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B72D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00929Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.8 Steel blue · ΔE 23.2 Royal blue · ΔE 24.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.9 Slate blue · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D56B12

Analogous#12D5CC, #121BD5

Triadic#D5127C, #7CD512

Split complementary#D5121B, #D5CC12

Tetradic#CC12D5, #D56B12, #1BD512

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BADCF9

Lighter +30%#8BC5F5

Lighter +20%#5CADF1

Lighter +10%#2D95ED

Darker −10%#0E61A6

Darker −20%#0A4577

Darker −30%#062A48

Darker −40%#020E19

More saturated +25%#007EE7

Less saturated −25%#2F79B8

Channel breakdown

R18

G124

B213

Red18 (7.1%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue207.38°

Saturation (HSL)84.42%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 12 · G 7C · B D5

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