Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#1B76A0

  • #1B76A0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#1B76A0 is a cyan with RGB values 27, 118, 160 and HSL 199°, 71%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#1B76A0#1B76A0
HEX#1B76A0
RGBrgb(27, 118, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.4627, 0.6275
RGB percentages10.6%, 46.3%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(198.9, 71.1%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 83.1%, 62.7%)
CMYK83.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,799,840
CSS custom property--colour: #1B76A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1
Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#E4895F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6175A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#50699Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#008184no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 21.9Light slate grey · ΔE 22.5Teal · ΔE 28.2Cadetblue · ΔE 28.2Dark cyan · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0451B
Analogous#1BA087, #1B34A0
Triadic#A01B76, #76A01B
Split complementary#A01B34, #A0871B
Tetradic#871BA0, #A0451B, #34A01B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99D3EE
Lighter +30%#6EC0E6
Lighter +20%#42ADDF
Lighter +10%#2296CC
Darker −10%#145674
Darker −20%#0C3649
Darker −30%#05151D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#047FB7
Less saturated −25%#326D89

Channel breakdown

R27
G118
B160
Red27 (10.6%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue198.95°
Saturation (HSL)71.12%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1B · G 76 · B A0

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “1b76a0” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.