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Recognised as Colour

#1E299A

  • #1E299A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#1E299A is a blue with RGB values 30, 41, 154 and HSL 235°, 67%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#1E299A#1E299A
HEX#1E299A
RGBrgb(30, 41, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.1608, 0.6039
RGB percentages11.8%, 16.1%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(234.7, 67.4%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.7, 80.5%, 60.4%)
CMYK80.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,976,730
CSS custom property--colour: #1E299A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.42:1
Contrast with white11.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#E1D665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00409Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003498no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00495Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 15.4Midnight blue · ΔE 16.1Indigo · ΔE 17.2Dark blue · ΔE 17.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.1Slate blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 15.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A8F1E
Analogous#1E679A, #511E9A
Triadic#9A1E29, #299A1E
Split complementary#9A511E, #679A1E
Tetradic#9A1E67, #9A8F1E, #1E9A51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99A0EB
Lighter +30%#6E79E3
Lighter +20%#4451DA
Lighter +10%#2634C5
Darker −10%#161E6F
Darker −20%#0D1245
Darker −30%#05071A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0716B1
Less saturated −25%#353C83

Channel breakdown

R30
G41
B154
Red30 (11.8%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue234.68°
Saturation (HSL)67.39%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G 29 · B 9A

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