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Recognised as Colour

#186ABE

  • #186ABE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#186ABE is a blue with RGB values 24, 106, 190 and HSL 210°, 78%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#186ABE#186ABE
HEX#186ABE
RGBrgb(24, 106, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.4157, 0.7451
RGB percentages9.4%, 41.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(210.4, 77.6%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.4, 87.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK87.4%, 44.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,600,190
CSS custom property--colour: #186ABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.46:1
Contrast with white5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#E79541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E71C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#1963BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007E8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.7Steel blue · ΔE 23.5Royal blue · ΔE 23.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.1Slate blue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE6C18
Analogous#18BDBE, #1918BE
Triadic#BE186A, #6ABE18
Split complementary#BE1918, #BDBE18
Tetradic#BE18BD, #BE6C18, #18BE19

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADD1F5
Lighter +30%#80B7EF
Lighter +20%#539DE9
Lighter +10%#2583E4
Darker −10%#125191
Darker −20%#0D3763
Darker −30%#071E36
Darker −40%#010509
More saturated +25%#006AD6
Less saturated −25%#336AA3

Channel breakdown

R24
G106
B190
Red24 (9.4%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue210.36°
Saturation (HSL)77.57%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 18 · G 6A · B BE

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