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Recognised as Colour

#144CDB

  • #144CDB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#144CDB is a blue with RGB values 20, 76, 219 and HSL 223°, 83%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#144CDB#144CDB
HEX#144CDB
RGBrgb(20, 76, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.298, 0.8588
RGB percentages7.8%, 29.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(223.1, 83.3%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.1, 90.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK90.9%, 65.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,330,395
CSS custom property--colour: #144CDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.8:1
Contrast with white6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#EBB324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00738Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 18Royal blue · ΔE 19.4Slate blue · ΔE 20.5Dark blue · ΔE 27.8Navy · ΔE 29.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 17.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBA314
Analogous#14B0DB, #3F14DB
Triadic#DB144C, #4CDB14
Split complementary#DB4014, #AFDB14
Tetradic#DB14B0, #DBA314, #14DB40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2D1F9
Lighter +30%#93AFF5
Lighter +20%#648CF1
Lighter +10%#3569ED
Darker −10%#103CAC
Darker −20%#0B2C7E
Darker −30%#071B4F
Darker −40%#030B20
More saturated +25%#0043EF
Less saturated −25%#3259BD

Channel breakdown

R20
G76
B219
Red20 (7.8%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue223.12°
Saturation (HSL)83.26%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 4C · B DB

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