Recognised as Colour

#1E273C

#1E273C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#1E273C is a blue with RGB values 30, 39, 60 and HSL 222°, 33%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#1E273C#1E273C

HEX#1E273C

RGBrgb(30, 39, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.1529, 0.2353

RGB percentages11.8%, 15.3%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(222, 33.3%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222, 50%, 23.5%)

CMYK50%, 35%, 0%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,976,124

CSS custom property--colour: #1E273C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.89:1

Contrast with white14.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#E1D8C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#20293Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#1C263Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#132B2Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.9 Dim grey · ΔE 32.3 Slate grey · ΔE 37.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 40.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C331E

Analogous#1E363C, #241E3C

Triadic#3C1E27, #273C1E

Split complementary#3C241E, #363C1E

Tetradic#3C1E36, #3C331E, #1E3C24

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6F85B7

Lighter +30%#5169A2

Lighter +20%#405380

Lighter +10%#2F3D5E

Darker −10%#0D111A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#132247

Less saturated −25%#292B31

Channel breakdown

R30

G39

B60

Red30 (11.8%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue222°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1E · G 27 · B 3C

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