Recognised as Colour

#204BAA

#204BAA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#204BAA is a blue with RGB values 32, 75, 170 and HSL 221°, 68%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#204BAA#204BAA

HEX#204BAA

RGBrgb(32, 75, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.1255, 0.2941, 0.6667

RGB percentages12.5%, 29.4%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(221.3, 68.3%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 81.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK81.2%, 55.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,116,522

CSS custom property--colour: #204BAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1

Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#DFB455

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0058ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#004BA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#006373no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.3 Royal blue · ΔE 17.5 Slate blue · ΔE 18.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 22 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1 Medium purple · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA7F20

Analogous#2090AA, #3A20AA

Triadic#AA204B, #4BAA20

Split complementary#AA3A20, #90AA20

Tetradic#AA2090, #AA7F20, #20AA3A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A7BEEF

Lighter +30%#7D9EE6

Lighter +20%#527DDE

Lighter +10%#285ED5

Darker −10%#18387F

Darker −20%#102554

Darker −30%#081229

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0741C3

Less saturated −25%#395591

Channel breakdown

R32

G75

B170

Red32 (12.5%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue221.3°

Saturation (HSL)68.32%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 20 · G 4B · B AA

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