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Recognised as Colour

#418DB9

  • #418DB9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#418DB9 is a blue with RGB values 65, 141, 185 and HSL 202°, 48%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#418DB9#418DB9
HEX#418DB9
RGBrgb(65, 141, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0.5529, 0.7255
RGB percentages25.5%, 55.3%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(202, 48%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202, 64.9%, 72.5%)
CMYK64.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,296,121
CSS custom property--colour: #418DB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#BE7246

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#788CBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6880B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00989Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 6.9Light slate grey · ΔE 20.2Slate grey · ΔE 21Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.5Light skyblue · ΔE 24Cadetblue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 6.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B96D41
Analogous#41B9A9, #4151B9
Triadic#B9418D, #8DB941
Split complementary#B94151, #B9A941
Tetradic#A941B9, #B96D41, #51B941

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6E7F0
Lighter +30%#B0D0E3
Lighter +20%#8ABAD6
Lighter +10%#64A4C9
Darker −10%#347093
Darker −20%#26536E
Darker −30%#193748
Darker −40%#0C1A22
More saturated +25%#2295D8
Less saturated −25%#60859A

Channel breakdown

R65
G141
B185
Red65 (25.5%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue202°
Saturation (HSL)48%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 41 · G 8D · B B9

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