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Recognised as Colour

#0E298C

  • #0E298C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#0E298C is a blue with RGB values 14, 41, 140 and HSL 227°, 82%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#0E298C#0E298C
HEX#0E298C
RGBrgb(14, 41, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.0549, 0.1608, 0.549
RGB percentages5.5%, 16.1%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(227.1, 81.8%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 90%, 54.9%)
CMYK90%, 70.7%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer928,140
CSS custom property--colour: #0E298C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.25:1
Contrast with white12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#F1D673

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#002F8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004557no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.7Navy · ΔE 20.4Indigo · ΔE 21Slate blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C710E
Analogous#0E688C, #320E8C
Triadic#8C0E29, #298C0E
Split complementary#8C320E, #688C0E
Tetradic#8C0E68, #8C710E, #0E8C32

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#758FF1
Lighter +30%#466AED
Lighter +20%#1845E8
Lighter +10%#1337BA
Darker −10%#091B5E
Darker −20%#050E2F
Darker −30%#000001
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00219A
Less saturated −25%#213479

Channel breakdown

R14
G41
B140
Red14 (5.5%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue227.14°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0E · G 29 · B 8C

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