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Recognised as Colour

#1F799C

  • #1F799C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#1F799C is a cyan with RGB values 31, 121, 156 and HSL 197°, 67%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#1F799C#1F799C
HEX#1F799C
RGBrgb(31, 121, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.1216, 0.4745, 0.6118
RGB percentages12.2%, 47.5%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(196.8, 66.8%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.8, 80.1%, 61.2%)
CMYK80.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,062,748
CSS custom property--colour: #1F799C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#E08663

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#67779Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#566B9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#008385no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 12.1Slate grey · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5Teal · ΔE 23.6Cadetblue · ΔE 24.1Dark cyan · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 12.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C421F
Analogous#1F9C80, #1F3B9C
Triadic#9C1F79, #799C1F
Split complementary#9C1F3B, #9C811F
Tetradic#801F9C, #9C421F, #3A9C1F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9CD5EB
Lighter +30%#71C3E3
Lighter +20%#47B1DA
Lighter +10%#279AC7
Darker −10%#175871
Darker −20%#0E3747
Darker −30%#06161C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0883B3
Less saturated −25%#366F85

Channel breakdown

R31
G121
B156
Red31 (12.2%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue196.8°
Saturation (HSL)66.84%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1F · G 79 · B 9C

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