Colour

#176FC6

#176FC6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#176FC6 is a blue with RGB values 23, 111, 198 and HSL 210°, 79%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#176FC6#176FC6

HEX#176FC6

RGBrgb(23, 111, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.4353, 0.7765

RGB percentages9%, 43.5%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(209.8, 79.2%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209.8, 88.4%, 77.6%)

CMYK88.4%, 43.9%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,535,942

CSS custom property--colour: #176FC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.09:1

Contrast with white5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#E89039

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4176C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#1B67C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#008491no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.2 Royal blue · ΔE 22.5 Steel blue · ΔE 24.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.9 Slate blue · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C66E17

Analogous#17C6C5, #1718C6

Triadic#C6176F, #6FC617

Split complementary#C61717, #C6C517

Tetradic#C617C6, #C66E17, #17C617

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B3D5F6

Lighter +30%#85BBF1

Lighter +20%#57A2EC

Lighter +10%#2A89E6

Darker −10%#125598

Darker −20%#0C3C6B

Darker −30%#07223D

Darker −40%#02090F

More saturated +25%#006FDD

Less saturated −25%#336FAA

Channel breakdown

R23

G111

B198

Red23 (9%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue209.83°

Saturation (HSL)79.19%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 17 · G 6F · B C6

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