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Recognised as Colour

#120B6A

  • #120B6A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#120B6A is a blue with RGB values 18, 11, 106 and HSL 244°, 81%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#120B6A#120B6A
HEX#120B6A
RGBrgb(18, 11, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.0431, 0.4157
RGB percentages7.1%, 4.3%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(244.4, 81.2%, 22.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.4, 89.6%, 41.6%)
CMYK83%, 89.6%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,182,570
CSS custom property--colour: #120B6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness38.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.38:1
Contrast with white16.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#EDF495

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00246Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#002B3Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 6.8Navy · ΔE 16.6Indigo · ΔE 17.2Dark blue · ΔE 21.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#636A0B
Analogous#0B336A, #410B6A
Triadic#6A120B, #0B6A12
Split complementary#6A420B, #336A0B
Tetradic#6A0B34, #636A0B, #0B6A42

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5F54ED
Lighter +30%#3426E8
Lighter +20%#2215C6
Lighter +10%#1A1098
Darker −10%#0A063C
Darker −20%#02010E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#090075
Less saturated −25%#1E1A5B

Channel breakdown

R18
G11
B106
Red18 (7.1%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue244.42°
Saturation (HSL)81.2%
Lightness22.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 0B · B 6A

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