Recognised as Colour

#0835B1

#0835B1
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#0835B1 is a blue with RGB values 8, 53, 177 and HSL 224°, 91%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#0835B1#0835B1

HEX#0835B1

RGBrgb(8, 53, 177)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.2078, 0.6941

RGB percentages3.1%, 20.8%, 69.4%

HSLhsl(224, 91.4%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224, 95.5%, 69.4%)

CMYK95.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer538,033

CSS custom property--colour: #0835B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1

Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#F7CA4E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003CAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00586Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 19.3 Dark blue · ΔE 19.3 Slate blue · ΔE 19.7 Royal blue · ΔE 22.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.5 Indigo · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 19.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B18408

Analogous#0889B1, #3008B1

Triadic#B10835, #35B108

Split complementary#B12F08, #8AB108

Tetradic#B10889, #B18408, #08B130

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8BA9FA

Lighter +30%#5A84F8

Lighter +20%#2A60F5

Lighter +10%#0A44E2

Darker −10%#062680

Darker −20%#04184F

Darker −30%#01091F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0031B9

Less saturated −25%#1F409A

Channel breakdown

G53

B177

Red8 (3.1%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue177 (69.4%)

Hue224.02°

Saturation (HSL)91.35%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 35 · B B1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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