Colour

#111C74

#111C74
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#111C74 is a blue with RGB values 17, 28, 116 and HSL 233°, 74%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#111C74#111C74

HEX#111C74

RGBrgb(17, 28, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.1098, 0.4549

RGB percentages6.7%, 11%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(233.3, 74.4%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(233.3, 85.3%, 45.5%)

CMYK85.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,121,396

CSS custom property--colour: #111C74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.56:1

Contrast with white14.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#EEE38B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002E77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#002472no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#003546no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 1.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.8 Indigo · ΔE 21.6 Navy · ΔE 22 Dark blue · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 1.95, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#746911

Analogous#114D74, #381174

Triadic#74111C, #1C7411

Split complementary#743811, #4D7411

Tetradic#74114D, #746911, #117438

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6876E9

Lighter +30%#3C4EE2

Lighter +20%#1E31CD

Lighter +10%#1827A0

Darker −10%#0A1148

Darker −20%#04071B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000F85

Less saturated −25%#222963

Channel breakdown

R17

G28

B116

Red17 (6.7%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue233.33°

Saturation (HSL)74.44%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 11 · G 1C · B 74

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