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Recognised as Colour

#24269E

  • #24269E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#24269E is a blue with RGB values 36, 38, 158 and HSL 239°, 63%, 38%. 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

#24269E#24269E
HEX#24269E
RGBrgb(36, 38, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.149, 0.6196
RGB percentages14.1%, 14.9%, 62%
HSLhsl(239, 62.9%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(239, 77.2%, 62%)
CMYK77.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,369,182
CSS custom property--colour: #24269E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.38:1
Contrast with white11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#DBD961

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0040A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00349Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004960no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 13.1Dark blue · ΔE 14.1Indigo · ΔE 15.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.2Midnight blue · ΔE 19.5Slate blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 13.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E9C24
Analogous#24639E, #5F249E
Triadic#9E2426, #269E24
Split complementary#9E5F24, #639E24
Tetradic#9E2463, #9E9C24, #249E5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4A5EA
Lighter +30%#7A7CE1
Lighter +20%#5153D7
Lighter +10%#2D30C8
Darker −10%#1B1C74
Darker −20%#11124B
Darker −30%#080821
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0C0FB6
Less saturated −25%#3C3D86

Channel breakdown

R36
G38
B158
Red36 (14.1%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue239.02°
Saturation (HSL)62.89%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 26 · B 9E

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