Recognised as Colour

#14517A

#14517A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#14517A is a blue with RGB values 20, 81, 122 and HSL 204°, 72%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#14517A

RGBrgb(20, 81, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.3176, 0.4784

RGB percentages7.8%, 31.8%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(204.1, 71.8%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.1, 83.6%, 47.8%)

CMYK83.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,331,578

CSS custom property--colour: #14517A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.44:1

Contrast with white8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#EBAE85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E527Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#304979no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Tritanopia#005B60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 20 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.3 Slate grey · ΔE 27 Light slate grey · ΔE 29 Dim grey · ΔE 31.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 20.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7A3D14

Analogous#147A70, #141E7A

Triadic#7A1451, #517A14

Split complementary#7A141E, #7A7014

Tetradic#70147A, #7A3D14, #1E7A14

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#72B9E8

Lighter +30%#46A3E1

Lighter +20%#228BD2

Lighter +10%#1B6EA6

Darker −10%#0D344E

Darker −20%#061722

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#02548C

Less saturated −25%#264E68

Channel breakdown

R20

G81

B122

Red20 (7.8%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue204.12°

Saturation (HSL)71.83%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G 51 · B 7A

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