Recognised as Colour

#185D83

#185D83
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#185D83 is a blue with RGB values 24, 93, 131 and HSL 201°, 69%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#185D83

RGBrgb(24, 93, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.3647, 0.5137

RGB percentages9.4%, 36.5%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(201.3, 69%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(201.3, 81.7%, 51.4%)

CMYK81.7%, 29%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,596,803

CSS custom property--colour: #185D83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.16:1

Contrast with white7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#E7A27C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B5D85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C5382no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00676Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.3 Slate grey · ΔE 23.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.1 Dim grey · ΔE 28.9 Teal · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#833E18

Analogous#188373, #182883

Triadic#83185D, #5D8318

Split complementary#831828, #837318

Tetradic#731883, #833E18, #288318

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7FC3E8

Lighter +30%#54AEE0

Lighter +20%#299AD8

Lighter +10%#207CAE

Darker −10%#103E58

Darker −20%#08202D

Darker −30%#000102

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#056396

Less saturated −25%#2B5770

Channel breakdown

R24

G93

B131

Red24 (9.4%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue201.31°

Saturation (HSL)69.03%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 18 · G 5D · B 83

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