Recognised as Colour

#145F8D

#145F8D
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#145F8D is a blue with RGB values 20, 95, 141 and HSL 203°, 75%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#145F8D

RGBrgb(20, 95, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.3725, 0.5529

RGB percentages7.8%, 37.3%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(202.8, 75.2%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(202.8, 85.8%, 55.3%)

CMYK85.8%, 32.6%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,335,181

CSS custom property--colour: #145F8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.88:1

Contrast with white6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#525252

Inverted#EBA072

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49608Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#39558Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Tritanopia#006A6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.2 Slate grey · ΔE 25.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.6 Dim grey · ΔE 32.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D4214

Analogous#148D7F, #14228D

Triadic#8D145F, #5F8D14

Split complementary#8D1422, #8D7F14

Tetradic#7F148D, #8D4214, #228D14

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#80C4ED

Lighter +30%#53AFE7

Lighter +20%#279AE0

Lighter +10%#1A7DBA

Darker −10%#0E4160

Darker −20%#072334

Darker −30%#010507

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0064A1

Less saturated −25%#285A79

Channel breakdown

R20

G95

B141

Red20 (7.8%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue202.81°

Saturation (HSL)75.16%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G 5F · B 8D

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