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Recognised as Colour

#24176D

  • #24176D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#24176D is a blue with RGB values 36, 23, 109 and HSL 249°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#24176D#24176D
HEX#24176D
RGBrgb(36, 23, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.0902, 0.4275
RGB percentages14.1%, 9%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(249.1, 65.2%, 25.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.1, 78.9%, 42.7%)
CMYK67%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,365,293
CSS custom property--colour: #24176D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness45.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.81:1
Contrast with white14.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#DBE892

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00246Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#003041no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 2.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6Indigo · ΔE 20Navy · ΔE 22.7Dark blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 2.57, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#606D17
Analogous#17356D, #4F176D
Triadic#6D2417, #176D24
Split complementary#6D4F17, #356D17
Tetradic#6D1735, #606D17, #176D4F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#806FE1
Lighter +30%#5B45D8
Lighter +20%#4029C1
Lighter +10%#322097
Darker −10%#160E43
Darker −20%#080519
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#18067E
Less saturated −25%#30275C

Channel breakdown

R36
G23
B109
Red36 (14.1%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue249.07°
Saturation (HSL)65.15%
Lightness25.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 17 · B 6D

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