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Recognised as Colour

#146ACC

  • #146ACC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#146ACC is a blue with RGB values 20, 106, 204 and HSL 212°, 82%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#146ACC#146ACC
HEX#146ACC
RGBrgb(20, 106, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.4157, 0.8
RGB percentages7.8%, 41.6%, 80%
HSLhsl(212, 82.1%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212, 90.2%, 80%)
CMYK90.2%, 48%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,338,060
CSS custom property--colour: #146ACC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14816WCAG 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 5.3:1
Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#EB9533

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3074D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008291no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 15.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.8Slate blue · ΔE 22.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.6Medium purple · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 15.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC7614
Analogous#14C6CC, #1A14CC
Triadic#CC146A, #6ACC14
Split complementary#CC1A14, #C6CC14
Tetradic#CC14C6, #CC7614, #14CC1A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4D4F8
Lighter +30%#86B9F3
Lighter +20%#579EEF
Lighter +10%#2983EA
Darker −10%#0F529E
Darker −20%#0B3A6F
Darker −30%#062241
Darker −40%#020912
More saturated +25%#0069E0
Less saturated −25%#306CB0

Channel breakdown

R20
G106
B204
Red20 (7.8%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue211.96°
Saturation (HSL)82.14%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 6A · B CC

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