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Recognised as Colour

#1E738D

  • #1E738D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#1E738D is a cyan with RGB values 30, 115, 141 and HSL 194°, 65%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#1E738D#1E738D
HEX#1E738D
RGBrgb(30, 115, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.451, 0.5529
RGB percentages11.8%, 45.1%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(194.1, 64.9%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 78.7%, 55.3%)
CMYK78.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,995,661
CSS custom property--colour: #1E738D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.4:1
Contrast with white5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#E18C72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#64708Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#55668Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#007B7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Slate grey · ΔE 18.8Teal · ΔE 18.9Light slate grey · ΔE 19.9Dark cyan · ΔE 20.9Cadetblue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D381E
Analogous#1E8D70, #1E3B8D
Triadic#8D1E73, #738D1E
Split complementary#8D1E3B, #8D701E
Tetradic#701E8D, #8D381E, #3C8D1E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90D3E7
Lighter +30%#66C2DE
Lighter +20%#3CB1D5
Lighter +10%#2795B7
Darker −10%#155163
Darker −20%#0C2E39
Darker −30%#030C0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#097EA2
Less saturated −25%#336878

Channel breakdown

R30
G115
B141
Red30 (11.8%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue194.05°
Saturation (HSL)64.91%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G 73 · B 8D

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