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Recognised as Colour

#120E5C

  • #120E5C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#120E5C is a blue with RGB values 18, 14, 92 and HSL 243°, 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

#120E5C#120E5C
HEX#120E5C
RGBrgb(18, 14, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.0549, 0.3608
RGB percentages7.1%, 5.5%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(243.1, 73.6%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.1, 84.8%, 36.1%)
CMYK80.4%, 84.8%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,183,324
CSS custom property--colour: #120E5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness34.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.89:1
Contrast with white16.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#EDF1A3

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 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#002635no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 7.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8Indigo · ΔE 24.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.6Navy · ΔE 26.2Dark blue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#585C0E
Analogous#0E315C, #390E5C
Triadic#5C120E, #0E5C12
Split complementary#5C390E, #315C0E
Tetradic#5C0E31, #585C0E, #0E5C39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5951E5
Lighter +30%#2F25DE
Lighter +20%#231BB5
Lighter +10%#1B1588
Darker −10%#090730
Darker −20%#010103
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#060169
Less saturated −25%#1E1B4F

Channel breakdown

R18
G14
B92
Red18 (7.1%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue243.08°
Saturation (HSL)73.58%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 0E · B 5C

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