Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#194ABB

  • #194ABB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#194ABB is a blue with RGB values 25, 74, 187 and HSL 222°, 76%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#194ABB#194ABB
HEX#194ABB
RGBrgb(25, 74, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.098, 0.2902, 0.7333
RGB percentages9.8%, 29%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(221.9, 76.4%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.9, 86.6%, 73.3%)
CMYK86.6%, 60.4%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,657,531
CSS custom property--colour: #194ABB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#E6B544

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00677Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.7Slate blue · ΔE 14.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3Midnight blue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB8A19
Analogous#199BBB, #3919BB
Triadic#BB194A, #4ABB19
Split complementary#BB3919, #9BBB19
Tetradic#BB199B, #BB8A19, #19BB39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACC2F4
Lighter +30%#7FA1EE
Lighter +20%#527FE8
Lighter +10%#255EE2
Darker −10%#13388E
Darker −20%#0D2661
Darker −30%#071534
Darker −40%#010307
More saturated +25%#0040D4
Less saturated −25%#3454A1

Channel breakdown

R25
G74
B187
Red25 (9.8%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue221.85°
Saturation (HSL)76.42%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 19 · G 4A · B BB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “194abb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.