Recognised as Colour

#140F4B

#140F4B
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#140F4B is a blue with RGB values 20, 15, 75 and HSL 245°, 67%, 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

#140F4B#140F4B

HEX#140F4B

RGBrgb(20, 15, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.0588, 0.2941

RGB percentages7.8%, 5.9%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(245, 66.7%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245, 80%, 29.4%)

CMYK73.3%, 80%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,314,635

CSS custom property--colour: #140F4B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.5:1

Contrast with white17.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#EBF0B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001C4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Deuteranopia#00174Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#00202Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.5 Indigo · ΔE 34.7 Navy · ΔE 37.3 Purple · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#464B0F

Analogous#0F284B, #320F4B

Triadic#4B140F, #0F4B14

Split complementary#4B320F, #284B0F

Tetradic#4B0F28, #464B0F, #0F4B32

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#574BDB

Lighter +30%#3629CB

Lighter +20%#2B20A0

Lighter +10%#1F1876

Darker −10%#090721

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0B0456

Less saturated −25%#1D1A40

Channel breakdown

R20

G15

B75

Red20 (7.8%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue245°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G 0F · B 4B

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Colour values

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