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Recognised as Colour

#142D81

  • #142D81
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#142D81 is a blue with RGB values 20, 45, 129 and HSL 226°, 73%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#142D81#142D81
HEX#142D81
RGBrgb(20, 45, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.1765, 0.5059
RGB percentages7.8%, 17.6%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(226.2, 73.2%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 84.5%, 50.6%)
CMYK84.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,322,369
CSS custom property--colour: #142D81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.19:1
Contrast with white12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#EBD27E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#00307Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#004352no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.4Slate blue · ΔE 27Indigo · ΔE 27.6Navy · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#816814
Analogous#146481, #311481
Triadic#81142D, #2D8114
Split complementary#813114, #638114
Tetradic#811464, #816814, #148131

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7791EA
Lighter +30%#4B6EE3
Lighter +20%#224CD9
Lighter +10%#1B3CAD
Darker −10%#0D1E55
Darker −20%#060E29
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#012394
Less saturated −25%#27376E

Channel breakdown

R20
G45
B129
Red20 (7.8%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue226.24°
Saturation (HSL)73.15%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 2D · B 81

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