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Recognised as Colour

#167DCA

  • #167DCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#167DCA is a blue with RGB values 22, 125, 202 and HSL 206°, 80%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#167DCA#167DCA
HEX#167DCA
RGBrgb(22, 125, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.4902, 0.7922
RGB percentages8.6%, 49%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(205.7, 80.4%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.7, 89.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK89.1%, 38.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,473,994
CSS custom property--colour: #167DCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#E98235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5781CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C72C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#00909Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 29Royal blue · ΔE 31.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA6316
Analogous#16CABD, #1623CA
Triadic#CA167D, #7DCA16
Split complementary#CA1623, #CABD16
Tetradic#BD16CA, #CA6316, #23CA16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5DBF7
Lighter +30%#87C4F2
Lighter +20%#59AEED
Lighter +10%#2B97E8
Darker −10%#11619C
Darker −20%#0C446E
Darker −30%#072840
Darker −40%#020B12
More saturated +25%#0080E0
Less saturated −25%#3279AE

Channel breakdown

R22
G125
B202
Red22 (8.6%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue205.67°
Saturation (HSL)80.36%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 7D · B CA

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