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Recognised as Colour

#1714DE

  • #1714DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#1714DE is a blue with RGB values 23, 20, 222 and HSL 241°, 83%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#1714DE#1714DE
HEX#1714DE
RGBrgb(23, 20, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.0784, 0.8706
RGB percentages9%, 7.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(240.9, 83.5%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240.9, 91%, 87.1%)
CMYK89.6%, 91%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,512,670
CSS custom property--colour: #1714DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#E8EB21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003ADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005F83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 102.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5.1Blue · ΔE 18.3Blue violet · ΔE 23.4Dark violet · ΔE 27.4Dark blue · ΔE 33.9Dark orchid · ΔE 36.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBDE14
Analogous#1476DE, #7C14DE
Triadic#DE1714, #14DE17
Split complementary#DE7C14, #76DE14
Tetradic#DE1476, #DBDE14, #14DE7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5C4FA
Lighter +30%#9796F5
Lighter +20%#6967F1
Lighter +10%#3B38ED
Darker −10%#1210AF
Darker −20%#0D0C80
Darker −30%#080752
Darker −40%#040323
More saturated +25%#0400F2
Less saturated −25%#3432C0

Channel breakdown

R23
G20
B222
Red23 (9%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue240.89°
Saturation (HSL)83.47%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 14 · B DE

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