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Recognised as Colour

#140D4E

  • #140D4E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#140D4E is a blue with RGB values 20, 13, 78 and HSL 246°, 71%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#140D4E#140D4E
HEX#140D4E
RGBrgb(20, 13, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.051, 0.3059
RGB percentages7.8%, 5.1%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(246.5, 71.4%, 17.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.5, 83.3%, 30.6%)
CMYK74.4%, 83.3%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,314,126
CSS custom property--colour: #140D4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness30.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.54:1
Contrast with white17.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#EBF2B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00164Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00202Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.5Indigo · ΔE 31.7Navy · ΔE 34.1Purple · ΔE 38.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#474E0D
Analogous#0D274E, #340D4E
Triadic#4E140D, #0D4E14
Split complementary#4E340D, #274E0D
Tetradic#4E0D27, #474E0D, #0D4E35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5747E0
Lighter +30%#3623D1
Lighter +20%#2A1CA5
Lighter +10%#1F147A
Darker −10%#090622
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0B0259
Less saturated −25%#1D1843

Channel breakdown

R20
G13
B78
Red20 (7.8%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue246.46°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness17.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 0D · B 4E

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