#186ad3

Color #186ad3

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 11.11 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#186ad3

RGB

rgb(24, 106, 211)

HSL

hsl(213.7, 79.6%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.7, 88.6%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(88.6%, 49.8%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(45.91, 16.42, -60.47)

LCH

lch(45.91, 62.66, 285.19)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.1786, 257.42)

HWB

hwb(213.7, 9.4%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d38118

Analogous

#18c8d3

#186ad3

#2418d3

Triadic

#186ad3

#d3186a

#6ad318

Split-complementary

#186ad3

#d32418

#c8d318

Tetradic

#186ad3

#8118d3

#d38118

#6ad318

Square

#186ad3

#d318c8

#d38118

#18d324

Shades

Color #186ad3 mixed toward black.

#1458b0

#10478d

#0c356a

#082346

#041223

Tints

Color #186ad3 mixed toward white.

#3181e8

#5a9aec

#84b4f1

#adcdf6

#d6e6fa

Tones

Color #186ad3 mixed toward gray.

#286cc4

#376eb4

#4770a4

#567295

#667485

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.04:1

White text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4ac0 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#453fbb · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#22b0ac · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #186ad3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#186ad3]

Related colors

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Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#186ad3 (#186ad3) is rgb(24, 106, 211) in RGB.

No, #186ad3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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