Recognised as Colour

#170EFF

#170EFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#170EFF is a blue with RGB values 23, 14, 255 and HSL 242°, 100%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#170EFF#170EFF

HEX#170EFF

RGBrgb(23, 14, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.0549, 1

RGB percentages9%, 5.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(242.2, 100%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(242.2, 94.5%, 100%)

CMYK91%, 94.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,511,167

CSS custom property--colour: #170EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.26:1

Contrast with white8.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#E8F100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#006C96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 116.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 2.9 Medium blue · ΔE 19.6 Blue violet · ΔE 33.3 Dark violet · ΔE 36.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 48.5 Dark blue · ΔE 49.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 2.9, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F6FF0E

Analogous#0E7EFF, #8F0EFF

Triadic#FF170E, #0EFF17

Split complementary#FF8F0E, #7EFF0E

Tetradic#FF0E7E, #F6FF0E, #0EFF8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBDAFF

Lighter +30%#AAA7FF

Lighter +20%#7974FF

Lighter +10%#4841FF

Darker −10%#0800DA

Darker −20%#0600A7

Darker −30%#040074

Darker −40%#020041

More saturated +25%#170EFF

Less saturated −25%#332CE1

Channel breakdown

R23

G14

B255

Red23 (9%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue242.24°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 17 · G 0E · B FF

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