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Colour

#121C7E

  • #121C7E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#121C7E is a blue with RGB values 18, 28, 126 and HSL 234°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#121C7E#121C7E
HEX#121C7E
RGBrgb(18, 28, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.1098, 0.4941
RGB percentages7.1%, 11%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(234.4, 75%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.4, 85.7%, 49.4%)
CMYK85.7%, 77.8%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,186,942
CSS custom property--colour: #121C7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.06:1
Contrast with white14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#EDE381

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003181no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#00267Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00394Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 6.7Navy · ΔE 16.7Indigo · ΔE 17.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.5Dark blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E7412
Analogous#12527E, #3E127E
Triadic#7E121C, #1C7E12
Split complementary#7E3E12, #527E12
Tetradic#7E1252, #7E7412, #127E3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#717DEB
Lighter +30%#4553E4
Lighter +20%#1F30D7
Lighter +10%#1826AB
Darker −10%#0C1251
Darker −20%#050825
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000D90
Less saturated −25%#242B6C

Channel breakdown

R18
G28
B126
Red18 (7.1%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue234.44°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 1C · B 7E

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