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Recognised as Colour

#244AB7

  • #244AB7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#244AB7 is a blue with RGB values 36, 74, 183 and HSL 224°, 67%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#244AB7#244AB7
HEX#244AB7
RGBrgb(36, 74, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.2902, 0.7176
RGB percentages14.1%, 29%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(224.5, 67.1%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.5, 80.3%, 71.8%)
CMYK80.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,378,423
CSS custom property--colour: #244AB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#DBB548

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ABBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#006679no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 13.1Slate blue · ΔE 13.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 22Midnight blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)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#B79124
Analogous#2493B7, #4824B7
Triadic#B7244A, #4AB724
Split complementary#B74824, #94B724
Tetradic#B72493, #B79124, #24B748

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6C5F1
Lighter +30%#8CA4E8
Lighter +20%#6182E0
Lighter +10%#3660D8
Darker −10%#1C398C
Darker −20%#132862
Darker −30%#0B1637
Darker −40%#02050D
More saturated +25%#093DD2
Less saturated −25%#3F579C

Channel breakdown

R36
G74
B183
Red36 (14.1%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue224.49°
Saturation (HSL)67.12%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 4A · B B7

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