Recognised as Colour

#185C7E

#185C7E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#185C7E is a blue with RGB values 24, 92, 126 and HSL 200°, 68%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#185C7E

RGBrgb(24, 92, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.3608, 0.4941

RGB percentages9.4%, 36.1%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(200, 68%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 81%, 49.4%)

CMYK81%, 27%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,596,542

CSS custom property--colour: #185C7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.31:1

Contrast with white7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#E7A381

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B5C80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#3E527Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Tritanopia#006568no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.2 Slate grey · ΔE 22.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.5 Dim grey · ΔE 27.4 Teal · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E3A18

Analogous#187E6D, #18297E

Triadic#7E185C, #5C7E18

Split complementary#7E1829, #7E6D18

Tetradic#6D187E, #7E3A18, #297E18

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7CC3E6

Lighter +30%#51AFDE

Lighter +20%#289BD4

Lighter +10%#207BA9

Darker −10%#103D53

Darker −20%#081D28

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#056291

Less saturated −25%#2B566B

Channel breakdown

R24

G92

B126

Red24 (9.4%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)68%

Lightness29.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 18 · G 5C · B 7E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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