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Recognised as Colour

#140AAC

  • #140AAC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#140AAC is a blue with RGB values 20, 10, 172 and HSL 244°, 89%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#140AAC#140AAC
HEX#140AAC
RGBrgb(20, 10, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.0392, 0.6745
RGB percentages7.8%, 3.9%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(243.7, 89%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.7, 94.2%, 67.5%)
CMYK88.4%, 94.2%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,313,452
CSS custom property--colour: #140AAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.58:1
Contrast with white12.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#181818
Inverted#EBF553

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003BB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#002AAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#004764no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.9Medium blue · ΔE 17.6Navy · ΔE 18.1Blue violet · ΔE 24.9Indigo · ΔE 25.1Dark violet · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2AC0A
Analogous#0A51AC, #650AAC
Triadic#AC140A, #0AAC14
Split complementary#AC650A, #51AC0A
Tetradic#AC0A51, #A2AC0A, #0AAC65

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#918AF8
Lighter +30%#635AF5
Lighter +20%#3629F3
Lighter +10%#1A0DDC
Darker −10%#0E077C
Darker −20%#09044C
Darker −30%#03021B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0B00B6
Less saturated −25%#282195

Channel breakdown

R20
G10
B172
Red20 (7.8%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue243.7°
Saturation (HSL)89.01%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 0A · B AC

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