Recognised as Colour

#081B75

#081B75
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#081B75 is a blue with RGB values 8, 27, 117 and HSL 230°, 87%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#081B75#081B75

HEX#081B75

RGBrgb(8, 27, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.1059, 0.4588

RGB percentages3.1%, 10.6%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(229.5, 87.2%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.5, 93.2%, 45.9%)

CMYK93.2%, 76.9%, 0%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer531,317

CSS custom property--colour: #081B75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.75:1

Contrast with white14.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#F7E48A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002D78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#002373no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Tritanopia#003646no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 2.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.7 Navy · ΔE 20.7 Indigo · ΔE 21 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2 Dark blue · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 2.93, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#756208

Analogous#085275, #2B0875

Triadic#75081B, #1B7508

Split complementary#752B08, #527508

Tetradic#750852, #756208, #08752B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#5671F3

Lighter +30%#2649F0

Lighter +20%#0F31D4

Lighter +10%#0B26A5

Darker −10%#051045

Darker −20%#010516

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00167D

Less saturated −25%#182565

Channel breakdown

G27

B117

Red8 (3.1%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue229.54°

Saturation (HSL)87.2%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 1B · B 75

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