Recognised as Colour

#4172BA

#4172BA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#4172BA is a blue with RGB values 65, 114, 186 and HSL 216°, 48%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4172BA

RGBrgb(65, 114, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0.4471, 0.7294

RGB percentages25.5%, 44.7%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(215.7, 48.2%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.7, 65.1%, 72.9%)

CMYK65.1%, 38.7%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,289,210

CSS custom property--colour: #4172BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#BE8D45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5278BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#416CB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00828Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.7 Steel blue · ΔE 15.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.8 Royal blue · ΔE 29.7 Medium purple · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BA8941

Analogous#41AEBA, #4C41BA

Triadic#BA4172, #72BA41

Split complementary#BA4D41, #AFBA41

Tetradic#BA41AF, #BA8941, #41BA4D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6E1F1

Lighter +30%#B0C5E4

Lighter +20%#8BA9D6

Lighter +10%#658DC9

Darker −10%#345B94

Darker −20%#27446E

Darker −30%#192D49

Darker −40%#0C1523

More saturated +25%#226CD9

Less saturated −25%#60789B

Channel breakdown

R65

G114

B186

Red65 (25.5%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue215.7°

Saturation (HSL)48.21%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 41 · G 72 · B BA

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