Colour

#14217A

#14217A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#14217A is a blue with RGB values 20, 33, 122 and HSL 232°, 72%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#14217A#14217A

HEX#14217A

RGBrgb(20, 33, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.1294, 0.4784

RGB percentages7.8%, 12.9%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(232.4, 71.8%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(232.4, 83.6%, 47.8%)

CMYK83.6%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,319,290

CSS custom property--colour: #14217A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.74:1

Contrast with white13.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#EBDE85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00327Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#002878no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Tritanopia#003A4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 3.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9 Indigo · ΔE 22 Navy · ΔE 22.7 Dark blue · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 3.83, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A6D14

Analogous#14547A, #3A147A

Triadic#7A1421, #217A14

Split complementary#7A3A14, #547A14

Tetradic#7A1454, #7A6D14, #147A3A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7281E8

Lighter +30%#465AE1

Lighter +20%#2239D2

Lighter +10%#1B2DA6

Darker −10%#0D154E

Darker −20%#060922

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#02148C

Less saturated −25%#262E68

Channel breakdown

R20

G33

B122

Red20 (7.8%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue232.35°

Saturation (HSL)71.83%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G 21 · B 7A

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