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Recognised as Colour

#148AB7

  • #148AB7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#148AB7 is a cyan with RGB values 20, 138, 183 and HSL 197°, 80%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#148AB7#148AB7
HEX#148AB7
RGBrgb(20, 138, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.5412, 0.7176
RGB percentages7.8%, 54.1%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(196.6, 80.3%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 89.1%, 71.8%)
CMYK89.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,346,231
CSS custom property--colour: #148AB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.35:1
Contrast with white3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#EB7548

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7388B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F7AB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009699no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9Light slate grey · ΔE 24Slate grey · ΔE 24.5Cadetblue · ΔE 26.3Light skyblue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B74114
Analogous#14B792, #1439B7
Triadic#B7148A, #8AB714
Split complementary#B71439, #B79214
Tetradic#9214B7, #B74114, #39B714

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2DEF5
Lighter +30%#74CEF0
Lighter +20%#46BDEB
Lighter +10%#19ADE5
Darker −10%#0F6789
Darker −20%#0A455B
Darker −30%#05222D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0093CB
Less saturated −25%#2D7F9E

Channel breakdown

R20
G138
B183
Red20 (7.8%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue196.56°
Saturation (HSL)80.3%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 8A · B B7

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