Recognised as Colour

#1C1EC5

#1C1EC5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#1C1EC5 is a blue with RGB values 28, 30, 197 and HSL 239°, 75%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#1C1EC5#1C1EC5

HEX#1C1EC5

RGBrgb(28, 30, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.1176, 0.7725

RGB percentages11%, 11.8%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(239.3, 75.1%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(239.3, 85.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK85.8%, 84.8%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,842,885

CSS custom property--colour: #1C1EC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.29:1

Contrast with white10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#E3E13A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0037C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005675no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 13.5 Dark blue · ΔE 20.1 Blue violet · ΔE 21.2 Navy · ΔE 25.1 Dark violet · ΔE 26 Dark orchid · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 13.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5C31C

Analogous#1C73C5, #6E1CC5

Triadic#C51C1E, #1EC51C

Split complementary#C56E1C, #73C51C

Tetradic#C51C73, #C5C31C, #1CC56E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B8B9F5

Lighter +30%#8B8DEF

Lighter +20%#5F60E8

Lighter +10%#3234E2

Darker −10%#161798

Darker −20%#0F106C

Darker −30%#090A3F

Darker −40%#030312

More saturated +25%#0003E1

Less saturated −25%#3839A9

Channel breakdown

R28

G30

B197

Red28 (11%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue239.29°

Saturation (HSL)75.11%

Lightness44.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1C · G 1E · B C5

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