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Recognised as Colour

#17226E

  • #17226E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#17226E is a blue with RGB values 23, 34, 110 and HSL 232°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#17226E#17226E
HEX#17226E
RGBrgb(23, 34, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.1333, 0.4314
RGB percentages9%, 13.3%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(232.4, 65.4%, 26.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.4, 79.1%, 43.1%)
CMYK79.1%, 69.1%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,516,142
CSS custom property--colour: #17226E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.09:1
Contrast with white14.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#E8DD91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003070no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#00276Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#003644no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.7Indigo · ΔE 28.2Navy · ΔE 30.3Slate blue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E6317
Analogous#174E6E, #37176E
Triadic#6E1722, #226E17
Split complementary#6E3717, #4E6E17
Tetradic#6E174E, #6E6317, #176E37

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#707EE1
Lighter +30%#4658D8
Lighter +20%#293CC2
Lighter +10%#202F98
Darker −10%#0E1544
Darker −20%#05081A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#06167F
Less saturated −25%#282E5D

Channel breakdown

R23
G34
B110
Red23 (9%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue232.41°
Saturation (HSL)65.41%
Lightness26.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 22 · B 6E

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