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Recognised as Colour

#1E50BD

  • #1E50BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#1E50BD is a blue with RGB values 30, 80, 189 and HSL 221°, 73%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#1E50BD#1E50BD
HEX#1E50BD
RGBrgb(30, 80, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.3137, 0.7412
RGB percentages11.8%, 31.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(221.1, 72.6%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 84.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK84.1%, 57.7%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,986,749
CSS custom property--colour: #1E50BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#E1AF42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#006C7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 11.2Slate blue · ΔE 14.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 22Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.3Medium purple · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD8B1E
Analogous#1E9FBD, #3C1EBD
Triadic#BD1E50, #50BD1E
Split complementary#BD3C1E, #9FBD1E
Tetradic#BD1E9F, #BD8B1E, #1EBD3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4C8F3
Lighter +30%#88A7EC
Lighter +20%#5C87E5
Lighter +10%#3067DE
Darker −10%#173D91
Darker −20%#102B65
Darker −30%#091839
Darker −40%#02050D
More saturated +25%#0346D8
Less saturated −25%#395AA2

Channel breakdown

R30
G80
B189
Red30 (11.8%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue221.13°
Saturation (HSL)72.6%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G 50 · B BD

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