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Recognised as Colour

#144DBA

  • #144DBA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#144DBA is a blue with RGB values 20, 77, 186 and HSL 219°, 81%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#144DBA#144DBA
HEX#144DBA
RGBrgb(20, 77, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.302, 0.7294
RGB percentages7.8%, 30.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(219.4, 80.6%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.4, 89.2%, 72.9%)
CMYK89.2%, 58.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,330,618
CSS custom property--colour: #144DBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#EBB245

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00697Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.3Slate blue · ΔE 14.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.2Midnight blue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA8114
Analogous#14A0BA, #2E14BA
Triadic#BA144D, #4DBA14
Split complementary#BA2E14, #A0BA14
Tetradic#BA14A0, #BA8114, #14BA2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5C0F5
Lighter +30%#77A0F0
Lighter +20%#4981EB
Lighter +10%#1B61E6
Darker −10%#0F3A8C
Darker −20%#0A275E
Darker −30%#051430
Darker −40%#000102
More saturated +25%#0047CE
Less saturated −25%#2E55A0

Channel breakdown

R20
G77
B186
Red20 (7.8%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue219.4°
Saturation (HSL)80.58%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 4D · B BA

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