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Colour

#140C60

  • #140C60
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#140C60 is a blue with RGB values 20, 12, 96 and HSL 246°, 78%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#140C60#140C60
HEX#140C60
RGBrgb(20, 12, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.0471, 0.3765
RGB percentages7.8%, 4.7%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(245.7, 77.8%, 21.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.7, 87.5%, 37.6%)
CMYK79.2%, 87.5%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,313,888
CSS custom property--colour: #140C60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness35.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#EBF39F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002162no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#00195Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#002737no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 5.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7Indigo · ΔE 21.8Navy · ΔE 22.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 24Dark blue · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 5.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58600C
Analogous#0C2E60, #3E0C60
Triadic#60140C, #0C6014
Split complementary#603E0C, #2E600C
Tetradic#600C2E, #58600C, #0C603E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5E4FE9
Lighter +30%#3422E3
Lighter +20%#2717BB
Lighter +10%#1D128D
Darker −10%#0B0633
Darker −20%#010105
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0A006C
Less saturated −25%#1F1A52

Channel breakdown

R20
G12
B96
Red20 (7.8%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue245.71°
Saturation (HSL)77.78%
Lightness21.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 0C · B 60

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