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Recognised as Colour

#120F59

  • #120F59
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#120F59 is a blue with RGB values 18, 15, 89 and HSL 242°, 71%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#120F59#120F59
HEX#120F59
RGBrgb(18, 15, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.0588, 0.349
RGB percentages7.1%, 5.9%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(242.4, 71.2%, 20.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.4, 83.1%, 34.9%)
CMYK79.8%, 83.1%, 0%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,183,577
CSS custom property--colour: #120F59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.96:1
Contrast with white16.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#EDF0A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00205Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#001958no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#002533no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.8Indigo · ΔE 26.9Navy · ΔE 28.6Dark blue · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56590F
Analogous#0F3159, #370F59
Triadic#59120F, #0F5912
Split complementary#59370F, #31590F
Tetradic#590F31, #56590F, #0F5937

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5852E2
Lighter +30%#2E26DB
Lighter +20%#241EB0
Lighter +10%#1B1685
Darker −10%#09082D
Darker −20%#000002
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#060266
Less saturated −25%#1E1C4C

Channel breakdown

R18
G15
B89
Red18 (7.1%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue242.43°
Saturation (HSL)71.15%
Lightness20.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 0F · B 59

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