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Recognised as Colour

#1E599F

  • #1E599F
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#1E599F is a blue with RGB values 30, 89, 159 and HSL 213°, 68%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#1E599F#1E599F
HEX#1E599F
RGBrgb(30, 89, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.349, 0.6235
RGB percentages11.8%, 34.9%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(212.6, 68.3%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.6, 81.1%, 62.4%)
CMYK81.1%, 44%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,989,023
CSS custom property--colour: #1E599F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#E1A660

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#355FA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C539Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#006A74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 21.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 25Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.7Royal blue · ΔE 30.7Slate blue · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F641E
Analogous#1E9A9F, #241E9F
Triadic#9F1E59, #599F1E
Split complementary#9F231E, #9A9F1E
Tetradic#9F1E99, #9F641E, #1E9F23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9DC1EC
Lighter +30%#72A6E4
Lighter +20%#478BDC
Lighter +10%#2671CA
Darker −10%#164174
Darker −20%#0E2949
Darker −30%#06111E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0657B7
Less saturated −25%#365B87

Channel breakdown

R30
G89
B159
Red30 (11.8%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue212.56°
Saturation (HSL)68.25%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G 59 · B 9F

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