Colour

#129BED

#129BED
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#129BED is a blue with RGB values 18, 155, 237 and HSL 202°, 86%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#129BED

RGBrgb(18, 155, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.6078, 0.9294

RGB percentages7.1%, 60.8%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(202.5, 85.9%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(202.5, 92.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK92.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,219,565

CSS custom property--colour: #129BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1

Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#ED6412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#739EF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#558CEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00AFB9no 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 text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.1 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.4 Steel blue · ΔE 20.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 29.3 Sky blue · ΔE 35.8

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED6412

Analogous#12EDD2, #122DED

Triadic#ED129B, #9BED12

Split complementary#ED122D, #EDD212

Tetradic#D212ED, #ED6412, #2DED12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0EBFB

Lighter +30%#A0D7F8

Lighter +20%#71C3F4

Lighter +10%#41AFF1

Darker −10%#0E7CBE

Darker −20%#0B5D8E

Darker −30%#073E5F

Darker −40%#041F2F

More saturated +25%#00A0FF

Less saturated −25%#3293CD

Channel breakdown

R18

G155

B237

Red18 (7.1%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue202.47°

Saturation (HSL)85.88%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 12 · G 9B · B ED

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Colour values

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