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Recognised as Colour

#142D83

  • #142D83
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#142D83 is a blue with RGB values 20, 45, 131 and HSL 226°, 74%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#142D83#142D83
HEX#142D83
RGBrgb(20, 45, 131)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.1765, 0.5137
RGB percentages7.8%, 17.6%, 51.4%
HSLhsl(226.5, 73.5%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 84.7%, 51.4%)
CMYK84.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,322,371
CSS custom property--colour: #142D83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.12:1
Contrast with white12.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#EBD27C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003181no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#004453no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 12Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.8Slate blue · ΔE 26.2Indigo · ΔE 26.7Navy · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#836A14
Analogous#146583, #321483
Triadic#83142D, #2D8314
Split complementary#833214, #658314
Tetradic#831465, #836A14, #148332

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7992EA
Lighter +30%#4C6EE4
Lighter +20%#224BDB
Lighter +10%#1B3CAF
Darker −10%#0D1E57
Darker −20%#060F2B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#012396
Less saturated −25%#273770

Channel breakdown

R20
G45
B131
Red20 (7.8%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue131 (51.4%)
Hue226.49°
Saturation (HSL)73.51%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 2D · B 83

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