Colour

#1E175C

#1E175C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#1E175C is a blue with RGB values 30, 23, 92 and HSL 246°, 60%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#1E175C#1E175C

HEX#1E175C

RGBrgb(30, 23, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.0902, 0.3608

RGB percentages11.8%, 9%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(246.1, 60%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246.1, 75%, 36.1%)

CMYK67.4%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,972,060

CSS custom property--colour: #1E175C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.76:1

Contrast with white15.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#E1E8A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00255Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#00205Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Tritanopia#002A37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.4 Indigo · ΔE 29.4 Navy · ΔE 32.5 Purple · ΔE 36.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#555C17

Analogous#17335C, #40175C

Triadic#5C1E17, #175C1E

Split complementary#5C4117, #335C17

Tetradic#5C1733, #555C17, #175C41

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7266D9

Lighter +30%#4C3DCF

Lighter +20%#392BAE

Lighter +10%#2B2185

Darker −10%#110D33

Darker −20%#03030A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#13096A

Less saturated −25%#29254E

Channel breakdown

R30

G23

B92

Red30 (11.8%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue246.09°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1E · G 17 · B 5C

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