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Recognised as Colour

#186BEB

  • #186BEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#186BEB is a blue with RGB values 24, 107, 235 and HSL 216°, 84%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#186BEB#186BEB
HEX#186BEB
RGBrgb(24, 107, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.4196, 0.9216
RGB percentages9.4%, 42%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(216.4, 84.1%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.4, 89.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK89.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,600,491
CSS custom property--colour: #186BEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#E79414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#008BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 5.7Slate blue · ΔE 17.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.4Medium purple · ΔE 24.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 5.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB9818
Analogous#18D5EB, #2F18EB
Triadic#EB186B, #6BEB18
Split complementary#EB2E18, #D5EB18
Tetradic#EB18D4, #EB9818, #18EB2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4E3FB
Lighter +30%#A5C5F7
Lighter +20%#76A7F3
Lighter +10%#4789EF
Darker −10%#1155BF
Darker −20%#0D4090
Darker −30%#082B62
Darker −40%#041733
More saturated +25%#0467FF
Less saturated −25%#3772CC

Channel breakdown

R24
G107
B235
Red24 (9.4%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue216.4°
Saturation (HSL)84.06%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 18 · G 6B · B EB

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