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Recognised as Colour

#100E5C

  • #100E5C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#100E5C is a blue with RGB values 16, 14, 92 and HSL 242°, 74%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#100E5C#100E5C
HEX#100E5C
RGBrgb(16, 14, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.0549, 0.3608
RGB percentages6.3%, 5.5%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(241.5, 73.6%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.5, 84.8%, 36.1%)
CMYK82.6%, 84.8%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,052,252
CSS custom property--colour: #100E5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness34 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.94:1
Contrast with white16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#EFF1A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00205Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00195Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#002635no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 7Dark slateblue · ΔE 21Indigo · ΔE 24.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.7Navy · ΔE 26.1Dark blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A5C0E
Analogous#0E335C, #370E5C
Triadic#5C100E, #0E5C10
Split complementary#5C370E, #335C0E
Tetradic#5C0E33, #5A5C0E, #0E5C37

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5551E5
Lighter +30%#2A25DE
Lighter +20%#1F1BB5
Lighter +10%#181588
Darker −10%#080730
Darker −20%#010103
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#030169
Less saturated −25%#1D1B4F

Channel breakdown

R16
G14
B92
Red16 (6.3%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue241.54°
Saturation (HSL)73.58%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 10 · G 0E · B 5C

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