Recognised as Colour

#1B46BC

#1B46BC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#1B46BC is a blue with RGB values 27, 70, 188 and HSL 224°, 75%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#1B46BC#1B46BC

HEX#1B46BC

RGBrgb(27, 70, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.2745, 0.7373

RGB percentages10.6%, 27.5%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(224, 74.9%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224, 85.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK85.6%, 62.8%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,787,580

CSS custom property--colour: #1B46BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1

Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#E4B943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0059C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#004ABAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#00657Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 14.3 Slate blue · ΔE 14.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 14.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BC911B

Analogous#1B97BC, #401BBC

Triadic#BC1B46, #46BC1B

Split complementary#BC401B, #97BC1B

Tetradic#BC1B97, #BC911B, #1BBC40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AFC2F4

Lighter +30%#839FED

Lighter +20%#567DE7

Lighter +10%#2A5AE0

Darker −10%#15358F

Darker −20%#0E2563

Darker −30%#081436

Darker −40%#01040A

More saturated +25%#0039D7

Less saturated −25%#3653A1

Channel breakdown

R27

G70

B188

Red27 (10.6%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue223.98°

Saturation (HSL)74.88%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1B · G 46 · B BC

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