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Recognised as Colour

#08197C

  • #08197C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#08197C is a blue with RGB values 8, 25, 124 and HSL 231°, 88%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#08197C#08197C
HEX#08197C
RGBrgb(8, 25, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.098, 0.4863
RGB percentages3.1%, 9.8%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(231.2, 87.9%, 25.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.2, 93.5%, 48.6%)
CMYK93.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer530,812
CSS custom property--colour: #08197C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.58:1
Contrast with white14.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#F7E683

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002F7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Deuteranopia#00237Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00374Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 7.5Navy · ΔE 15.5Indigo · ΔE 17.4Dark blue · ΔE 19.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C6B08
Analogous#08537C, #31087C
Triadic#7C0819, #197C08
Split complementary#7C3108, #537C08
Tetradic#7C0853, #7C6B08, #087C31

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5C72F4
Lighter +30%#2C49F1
Lighter +20%#0E2CDC
Lighter +10%#0B23AC
Darker −10%#050F4C
Darker −20%#02061C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001384
Less saturated −25%#18256B

Channel breakdown

R8
G25
B124
Red8 (3.1%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue231.21°
Saturation (HSL)87.88%
Lightness25.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G 19 · B 7C

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