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Recognised as Colour

#199BEA

  • #199BEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#199BEA is a blue with RGB values 25, 155, 234 and HSL 203°, 83%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#199BEA#199BEA
HEX#199BEA
RGBrgb(25, 155, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.098, 0.6078, 0.9176
RGB percentages9.8%, 60.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(202.7, 83.3%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.7, 89.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK89.3%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,678,314
CSS custom property--colour: #199BEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#E66415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#759EEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#588CE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 18.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.7Light skyblue · ΔE 28.1Sky blue · ΔE 34.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA6819
Analogous#19EAD1, #1932EA
Triadic#EA199B, #9BEA19
Split complementary#EA1932, #EAD119
Tetradic#D119EA, #EA6819, #32EA19

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4ECFB
Lighter +30%#A5D8F7
Lighter +20%#76C4F3
Lighter +10%#48AFEE
Darker −10%#117DBF
Darker −20%#0D5E90
Darker −30%#094061
Darker −40%#052132
More saturated +25%#04A0FF
Less saturated −25%#3893CB

Channel breakdown

R25
G155
B234
Red25 (9.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue202.68°
Saturation (HSL)83.27%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 19 · G 9B · B EA

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