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Colour

#1B69BA

  • #1B69BA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#1B69BA is a blue with RGB values 27, 105, 186 and HSL 211°, 75%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#1B69BA#1B69BA
HEX#1B69BA
RGBrgb(27, 105, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.4118, 0.7294
RGB percentages10.6%, 41.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(210.6, 74.6%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.6, 85.5%, 72.9%)
CMYK85.5%, 43.5%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,796,538
CSS custom property--colour: #1B69BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#E49645

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F70BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#1F62B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#007C88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.1Steel blue · ΔE 22.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.9Royal blue · ΔE 25.1Slate blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA6C1B
Analogous#1BB9BA, #1C1BBA
Triadic#BA1B69, #69BA1B
Split complementary#BA1C1B, #B9BA1B
Tetradic#BA1BB9, #BA6C1B, #1BBA1C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AED0F3
Lighter +30%#81B6ED
Lighter +20%#559CE6
Lighter +10%#2882E0
Darker −10%#15508D
Darker −20%#0E3761
Darker −30%#081E34
Darker −40%#010408
More saturated +25%#0068D5
Less saturated −25%#366A9F

Channel breakdown

R27
G105
B186
Red27 (10.6%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue210.57°
Saturation (HSL)74.65%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1B · G 69 · B BA

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