Recognised as Colour

#196F94

#196F94
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#196F94 is a cyan with RGB values 25, 111, 148 and HSL 198°, 71%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#196F94#196F94

HEX#196F94

RGBrgb(25, 111, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.098, 0.4353, 0.5804

RGB percentages9.8%, 43.5%, 58%

HSLhsl(198, 71.1%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198, 83.1%, 58%)

CMYK83.1%, 25%, 0%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,666,964

CSS custom property--colour: #196F94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1

Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#E6906B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C6E96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C6393no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00797Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 12.2 Slate grey · ΔE 20.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.9 Teal · ΔE 26.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#943E19

Analogous#19947B, #193294

Triadic#94196F, #6F9419

Split complementary#941932, #947C19

Tetradic#7B1994, #943E19, #319419

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8DCFEC

Lighter +30%#62BDE4

Lighter +20%#36ABDD

Lighter +10%#2090C0

Darker −10%#124E68

Darker −20%#0A2E3D

Darker −30%#030D11

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0378AA

Less saturated −25%#2F667E

Channel breakdown

R25

G111

B148

Red25 (9.8%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue198.05°

Saturation (HSL)71.1%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 19 · G 6F · B 94

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