Recognised as Colour

#25196B

#25196B
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#25196B is a blue with RGB values 37, 25, 107 and HSL 249°, 62%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#25196B

RGBrgb(37, 25, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.098, 0.4196

RGB percentages14.5%, 9.8%, 42%

HSLhsl(248.8, 62.1%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.8, 76.6%, 42%)

CMYK65.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,431,339

CSS custom property--colour: #25196B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.69:1

Contrast with white14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#DAE694

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002B6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#002569no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#003040no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.3 Indigo · ΔE 22.1 Navy · ΔE 25.2 Dark blue · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 3.98, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F6B19

Analogous#19366B, #4E196B

Triadic#6B2519, #196B25

Split complementary#6B4E19, #366B19

Tetradic#6B1936, #5F6B19, #196B4E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8272DE

Lighter +30%#5D49D4

Lighter +20%#422CBE

Lighter +10%#332394

Darker −10%#170F42

Darker −20%#080618

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#19087C

Less saturated −25%#312A5B

Channel breakdown

R37

G25

B107

Red37 (14.5%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue248.78°

Saturation (HSL)62.12%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G 19 · B 6B

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