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Recognised as Colour

#14308B

  • #14308B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#14308B is a blue with RGB values 20, 48, 139 and HSL 226°, 75%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#14308B#14308B
HEX#14308B
RGBrgb(20, 48, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.1882, 0.5451
RGB percentages7.8%, 18.8%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(225.9, 74.8%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.9, 85.6%, 54.5%)
CMYK85.6%, 65.5%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,323,147
CSS custom property--colour: #14308B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.5:1
Contrast with white11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#EBCF74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003489no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#004859no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 13Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.7Slate blue · ΔE 23.8Indigo · ΔE 25.6Navy · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B6F14
Analogous#146C8B, #34148B
Triadic#8B1430, #308B14
Split complementary#8B3414, #6C8B14
Tetradic#8B146C, #8B6F14, #148B34

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7E98ED
Lighter +30%#5275E6
Lighter +20%#2551E0
Lighter +10%#1A3FB8
Darker −10%#0E215E
Darker −20%#071132
Darker −30%#010205
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00259F
Less saturated −25%#283B77

Channel breakdown

R20
G48
B139
Red20 (7.8%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue225.88°
Saturation (HSL)74.84%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 30 · B 8B

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