Recognised as Colour

#148BB7

#148BB7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#148BB7 is a cyan with RGB values 20, 139, 183 and HSL 196°, 80%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#148BB7

RGBrgb(20, 139, 183)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.5451, 0.7176

RGB percentages7.8%, 54.5%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(196.2, 80.3%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 89.1%, 71.8%)

CMYK89.1%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,346,487

CSS custom property--colour: #148BB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1

Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#EB7448

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7489B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#607BB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00979Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.6 Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.9 Slate grey · ΔE 24.4 Cadetblue · ΔE 25.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B74014

Analogous#14B791, #143AB7

Triadic#B7148B, #8BB714

Split complementary#B7143A, #B79114

Tetradic#9114B7, #B74014, #3AB714

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A2DFF5

Lighter +30%#74CEF0

Lighter +20%#46BEEB

Lighter +10%#19AEE5

Darker −10%#0F6889

Darker −20%#0A455B

Darker −30%#05222D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0094CB

Less saturated −25%#2D7F9E

Channel breakdown

R20

G139

B183

Red20 (7.8%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue196.2°

Saturation (HSL)80.3%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G 8B · B B7

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