Recognised as Colour

#182EA0

#182EA0
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#182EA0 is a blue with RGB values 24, 46, 160 and HSL 230°, 74%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#182EA0#182EA0

HEX#182EA0

RGBrgb(24, 46, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.1804, 0.6275

RGB percentages9.4%, 18%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(230.3, 73.9%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(230.3, 85%, 62.7%)

CMYK85%, 71.2%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,584,800

CSS custom property--colour: #182EA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.84:1

Contrast with white10.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#E7D15F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0044A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#00379Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Tritanopia#004E63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 17.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 17.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.9 Dark blue · ΔE 18.9 Indigo · ΔE 19.3 Slate blue · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 17.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A08A18

Analogous#1872A0, #4618A0

Triadic#A0182E, #2EA018

Split complementary#A04618, #72A018

Tetradic#A01872, #A08A18, #18A046

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#95A4EF

Lighter +30%#697DE8

Lighter +20%#3C57E2

Lighter +10%#1F3BCC

Darker −10%#112174

Darker −20%#0B1547

Darker −30%#04081B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#011EB7

Less saturated −25%#2F3E89

Channel breakdown

R24

G46

B160

Red24 (9.4%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue230.29°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 18 · G 2E · B A0

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