Recognised as Colour

#1C6A94

#1C6A94
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#1C6A94 is a blue with RGB values 28, 106, 148 and HSL 201°, 68%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#1C6A94#1C6A94

HEX#1C6A94

RGBrgb(28, 106, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.4157, 0.5804

RGB percentages11%, 41.6%, 58%

HSLhsl(201, 68.2%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(201, 81.1%, 58%)

CMYK81.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,862,292

CSS custom property--colour: #1C6A94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.93:1

Contrast with white5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#E3956B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#566A96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Deuteranopia#465F93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Tritanopia#007579no 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 text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.2 Slate grey · ΔE 22.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.3 Teal · ΔE 30.3 Dim grey · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#94461C

Analogous#1C9482, #1C2E94

Triadic#941C6A, #6A941C

Split complementary#941C2E, #94821C

Tetradic#821C94, #94461C, #2E941C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#92CBEA

Lighter +30%#67B7E2

Lighter +20%#3CA3DA

Lighter +10%#2489BF

Darker −10%#144B69

Darker −20%#0C2D3E

Darker −30%#040E13

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0671AA

Less saturated −25%#32637E

Channel breakdown

R28

G106

B148

Red28 (11%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue201°

Saturation (HSL)68.18%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1C · G 6A · B 94

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