#106ba6

Color #106ba6

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 0.8

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Conversions

HEX

#106ba6

RGB

rgb(16, 107, 166)

HSL

hsl(203.6, 82.4%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.6, 90.4%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(43.33, -2.46, -38.53)

LCH

lch(43.33, 38.61, 266.35)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.1214, 244.7)

HWB

hwb(203.6, 6.3%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a64b10

Analogous

#10a696

#106ba6

#1020a6

Triadic

#106ba6

#a6106b

#6ba610

Split-complementary

#106ba6

#a61020

#a69610

Tetradic

#106ba6

#4b10a6

#a64b10

#6ba610

Square

#106ba6

#9610a6

#a64b10

#20a610

Shades

Color #106ba6 mixed toward black.

#0d598a

#0b476f

#083653

#052437

#03121c

Tints

Color #106ba6 mixed toward white.

#158bd8

#38a5ec

#69bbf1

#9bd2f5

#cde8fa

Tones

Color #106ba6 mixed toward gray.

#1d689a

#29668d

#366381

#426074

#4f5e68

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494a9a · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#443e97 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#1d908e · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #106ba6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#106ba6]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#106ba6 (#106ba6) is rgb(16, 107, 166) in RGB.

No, #106ba6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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