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Recognised as Colour

#08148A

  • #08148A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#08148A is a blue with RGB values 8, 20, 138 and HSL 234°, 89%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#08148A#08148A
HEX#08148A
RGBrgb(8, 20, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.0784, 0.5412
RGB percentages3.1%, 7.8%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(234.5, 89%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.5, 94.2%, 54.1%)
CMYK94.2%, 85.5%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer529,546
CSS custom property--colour: #08148A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness49.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.21:1
Contrast with white14.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#F7EB75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00318Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002488no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#003B51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 6.7Dark blue · ΔE 9.7Indigo · ΔE 14.1Midnight blue · ΔE 17.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.6Slate blue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A7E08
Analogous#08558A, #3D088A
Triadic#8A0814, #148A08
Split complementary#8A3D08, #558A08
Tetradic#8A0855, #8A7E08, #088A3D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6875F6
Lighter +30%#3849F3
Lighter +20%#0E22EA
Lighter +10%#0B1BBA
Darker −10%#050D5A
Darker −20%#02062A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000D92
Less saturated −25%#1A2378

Channel breakdown

R8
G20
B138
Red8 (3.1%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue234.46°
Saturation (HSL)89.04%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G 14 · B 8A

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