Recognised as Colour

#14539F

#14539F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#14539F is a blue with RGB values 20, 83, 159 and HSL 213°, 78%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#14539F#14539F

HEX#14539F

RGBrgb(20, 83, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.3255, 0.6235

RGB percentages7.8%, 32.5%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(212.8, 77.7%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(212.8, 87.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK87.4%, 47.8%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,332,127

CSS custom property--colour: #14539F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1

Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#EBAC60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#285AA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#004E9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006571no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.4 Steel blue · ΔE 26.5 Royal blue · ΔE 27.3 Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9F6014

Analogous#14989F, #1B149F

Triadic#9F1453, #539F14

Split complementary#9F1B14, #989F14

Tetradic#9F1498, #9F6014, #149F1B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8EBBF1

Lighter +30%#61A0EB

Lighter +20%#3484E5

Lighter +10%#1A6BCC

Darker −10%#0E3B72

Darker −20%#092444

Darker −30%#030C17

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0051B3

Less saturated −25%#2A5589

Channel breakdown

R20

G83

B159

Red20 (7.8%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue212.81°

Saturation (HSL)77.65%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G 53 · B 9F

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