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Recognised as Colour

#176EEF

  • #176EEF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#176EEF is a blue with RGB values 23, 110, 239 and HSL 216°, 87%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#176EEF#176EEF
HEX#176EEF
RGBrgb(23, 110, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.4314, 0.9373
RGB percentages9%, 43.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(215.8, 87.1%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 90.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK90.4%, 54%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,535,727
CSS custom property--colour: #176EEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.65:1
Contrast with white4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#E89110

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007EF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008EA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 6.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.7Slate blue · ΔE 18.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.7Medium purple · ΔE 25.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9817
Analogous#17DAEF, #2C17EF
Triadic#EF176E, #6EEF17
Split complementary#EF2C17, #DAEF17
Tetradic#EF17DA, #EF9817, #17EF2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6E5FC
Lighter +30%#A6C7F9
Lighter +20%#76AAF6
Lighter +10%#478CF2
Darker −10%#0E58C5
Darker −20%#0A4296
Darker −30%#072D66
Darker −40%#041836
More saturated +25%#076BFF
Less saturated −25%#3674D0

Channel breakdown

R23
G110
B239
Red23 (9%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue215.83°
Saturation (HSL)87.1%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 6E · B EF

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