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Recognised as Colour

#120C72

  • #120C72
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#120C72 is a blue with RGB values 18, 12, 114 and HSL 244°, 81%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#120C72#120C72
HEX#120C72
RGBrgb(18, 12, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.0471, 0.4471
RGB percentages7.1%, 4.7%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(243.5, 81%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 89.5%, 44.7%)
CMYK84.2%, 89.5%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,182,834
CSS custom property--colour: #120C72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness40.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.89:1
Contrast with white15.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#EDF38D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002775no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#001D70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#002E42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.5Navy · ΔE 12.9Indigo · ΔE 14.8Dark blue · ΔE 17.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C720C
Analogous#0C3972, #450C72
Triadic#72120C, #0C7212
Split complementary#72450C, #39720C
Tetradic#720C39, #6C720C, #0C7245

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#655CEE
Lighter +30%#392EE9
Lighter +20%#2116CE
Lighter +10%#1911A0
Darker −10%#0B0744
Darker −20%#030216
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#07007E
Less saturated −25%#201C62

Channel breakdown

R18
G12
B114
Red18 (7.1%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue243.53°
Saturation (HSL)80.95%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 0C · B 72

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