Recognised as Colour

#081B76

#081B76
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#081B76 is a blue with RGB values 8, 27, 118 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

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HEX#081B76

RGBrgb(8, 27, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.1059, 0.4627

RGB percentages3.1%, 10.6%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(229.6, 87.3%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.6, 93.2%, 46.3%)

CMYK93.2%, 77.1%, 0%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer531,318

CSS custom property--colour: #081B76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.7:1

Contrast with white14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#F7E489

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002E79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Deuteranopia#002374no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Tritanopia#003647no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 3.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19 Navy · ΔE 20.2 Indigo · ΔE 20.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21 Dark blue · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 3.33, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#766308

Analogous#085276, #2C0876

Triadic#76081B, #1B7608

Split complementary#762C08, #527608

Tetradic#760852, #766308, #08762C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5672F4

Lighter +30%#274AF0

Lighter +20%#0E31D6

Lighter +10%#0B26A6

Darker −10%#051046

Darker −20%#020516

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00167E

Less saturated −25%#182566

Channel breakdown

G27

B118

Red8 (3.1%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue229.64°

Saturation (HSL)87.3%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 1B · B 76

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