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Recognised as Colour

#10248C

  • #10248C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#10248C is a blue with RGB values 16, 36, 140 and HSL 230°, 79%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#10248C#10248C
HEX#10248C
RGBrgb(16, 36, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.1412, 0.549
RGB percentages6.3%, 14.1%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(230.3, 79.5%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.3, 88.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK88.6%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,057,932
CSS custom property--colour: #10248C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.7:1
Contrast with white12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#EFDB73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00398Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#002D8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#004255no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.9Navy · ΔE 16.4Indigo · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.6Dark blue · ΔE 19.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C7810
Analogous#10628C, #3A108C
Triadic#8C1024, #248C10
Split complementary#8C3A10, #628C10
Tetradic#8C1062, #8C7810, #108C3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#788CF0
Lighter +30%#4B64EA
Lighter +20%#1D3DE5
Lighter +10%#1530BA
Darker −10%#0B185E
Darker −20%#060C30
Darker −30%#000103
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00199C
Less saturated −25%#243179

Channel breakdown

R16
G36
B140
Red16 (6.3%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue230.32°
Saturation (HSL)79.49%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 10 · G 24 · B 8C

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