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Recognised as Colour

#14248B

  • #14248B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#14248B is a blue with RGB values 20, 36, 139 and HSL 232°, 75%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#14248B#14248B
HEX#14248B
RGBrgb(20, 36, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.1412, 0.5451
RGB percentages7.8%, 14.1%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(231.9, 74.8%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.9, 85.6%, 54.5%)
CMYK85.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,320,075
CSS custom property--colour: #14248B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03275WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.69:1
Contrast with white12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#EBDB74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00398Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002D89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#004255no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.3Navy · ΔE 16.8Indigo · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.2Dark blue · ΔE 20.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B7B14
Analogous#145F8B, #40148B
Triadic#8B1424, #248B14
Split complementary#8B4014, #5F8B14
Tetradic#8B145F, #8B7B14, #148B40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7E8DED
Lighter +30%#5266E6
Lighter +20%#253EE0
Lighter +10%#1A30B8
Darker −10%#0E185E
Darker −20%#070D32
Darker −30%#010105
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00159F
Less saturated −25%#283377

Channel breakdown

R20
G36
B139
Red20 (7.8%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue231.93°
Saturation (HSL)74.84%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 24 · B 8B

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