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Recognised as Colour

#176FF5

  • #176FF5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#176FF5 is a blue with RGB values 23, 111, 245 and HSL 216°, 92%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#176FF5#176FF5
HEX#176FF5
RGBrgb(23, 111, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.4353, 0.9608
RGB percentages9%, 43.5%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(216.2, 91.7%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.2, 90.6%, 96.1%)
CMYK90.6%, 54.7%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,535,989
CSS custom property--colour: #176FF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.63:1
Contrast with white4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#E8900A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0080FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#0091A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 17Slate blue · ΔE 19Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.6Medium purple · ΔE 26.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F59D17
Analogous#17DEF5, #2E17F5
Triadic#F5176F, #6FF517
Split complementary#F52E17, #DEF517
Tetradic#F517DE, #F59D17, #17F52E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBE8FD
Lighter +30%#AACAFB
Lighter +20%#79ACF9
Lighter +10%#488DF7
Darker −10%#0958D0
Darker −20%#07439F
Darker −30%#052F6E
Darker −40%#031A3D
More saturated +25%#0D6DFF
Less saturated −25%#3575D7

Channel breakdown

R23
G111
B245
Red23 (9%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue216.22°
Saturation (HSL)91.74%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 6F · B F5

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