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Recognised as Colour

#196FED

  • #196FED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#196FED is a blue with RGB values 25, 111, 237 and HSL 216°, 85%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#196FED#196FED
HEX#196FED
RGBrgb(25, 111, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.098, 0.4353, 0.9294
RGB percentages9.8%, 43.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(215.7, 85.5%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.7, 89.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK89.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,667,053
CSS custom property--colour: #196FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.63:1
Contrast with white4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#E69012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007EF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 5.7Slate blue · ΔE 18Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.6Medium purple · ΔE 24.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9719
Analogous#19D9ED, #2D19ED
Triadic#ED196F, #6FED19
Split complementary#ED2D19, #D9ED19
Tetradic#ED19D9, #ED9719, #19ED2D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6E5FC
Lighter +30%#A7C8F8
Lighter +20%#78AAF4
Lighter +10%#488DF1
Darker −10%#0F58C4
Darker −20%#0C4394
Darker −30%#082E65
Darker −40%#041836
More saturated +25%#076CFF
Less saturated −25%#3875CE

Channel breakdown

R25
G111
B237
Red25 (9.8%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue215.66°
Saturation (HSL)85.48%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 19 · G 6F · B ED

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