#1061BA

sRGB · 16 / 97 / 186

#1061BA belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 16 red, 97 green and 186 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 211.4° lands in the azure region. Its 84.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 39.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.10:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 16, 97, 186
HSL: 211.41°, 84.16%, 39.61%
HSV / HSB: 211.41°, 91.40%, 72.94%
CMYK (approx.): 91.40%, 47.85%, 0.00%, 27.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.350, 12.204, 48.108
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 41.539, 11.898, -53.114
WCAG relative luminance: 0.12205
24-bit decimal: 1073594

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #1061BA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.44:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 6.10:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BA6910 sits half a turn (180°) from #1061BA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#1061BA #BA6910

Analogous

#10B6BA and #1410BA sit 30° to either side of #1061BA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#10B6BA #1061BA #1410BA

Triadic

#1061BA, #BA1061 and #61BA10 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#1061BA #BA1061 #61BA10

Split complementary

Start at #1061BA and look across the wheel. #BA1410 and #B6BA10 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#1061BA #BA1410 #B6BA10

Square

Starting with #1061BA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BA10B6, #BA6910, then #10BA14. Across the square, #1061BA pairs with #BA6910, and #BA10B6 with #10BA14.

#1061BA #BA10B6 #BA6910 #10BA14

Tetradic

#1061BA and #BA6910 are opposites, as are #6910BA and #61BA10. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#1061BA #6910BA #BA6910 #61BA10

Tints

Mixing #1061BA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4081C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #CFDFF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#1061BA #4081C8 #70A0D6 #9FC0E3 #CFDFF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #1061BA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #0D4E95, keeps 80% of the original. By #031325, the mixture is 80% black.

#1061BA #0D4E95 #0A3A70 #06274A #031325 #000000

Tones

Mixing #1061BA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2667AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #6A7A8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#1061BA #2667AE #3D6DA3 #537497 #6A7A8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#1061BA

RGB

rgb(16 97 186)

HSL

hsl(211.412 84.158% 39.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #1061BA;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#1061BA uses 16 red, 97 green and 186 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 6.3%

Green 38.0%

Blue 72.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #1061BA is 91.4% cyan, 47.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 27.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 91.4%

Magenta 47.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 27.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #1166BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #16B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #1061BA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #0066CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #1166BB Nearest web-safe · #0066CC

Gradient to complement

#1061BA #2C629E #496481 #656565 #816649 #9E682C #BA6910

Color vision previews

Compare how #1061BA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#2D6ABD

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#005BB8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#007784

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2266BC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#005EB9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0068A9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#626262

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#476196

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00518 G 0.11954 B 0.49102

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.17366 G 0.37458 B 0.70548

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.02548 G 0.11574 B 0.45583

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.181 y 0.166 Y 12.204

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 93.725 M % 61.961 Y % 27.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00010000 01100001 10111010