Recognised as Colour

#26069A

#26069A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#26069A is a blue with RGB values 38, 6, 154 and HSL 253°, 93%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#26069A#26069A

HEX#26069A

RGBrgb(38, 6, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.0235, 0.6039

RGB percentages14.9%, 2.4%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(253, 92.5%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253, 96.1%, 60.4%)

CMYK75.3%, 96.1%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,492,058

CSS custom property--colour: #26069A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.33:1

Contrast with white13.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#D9F965

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00359Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#002998no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#003E59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 5.7 Navy · ΔE 10.2 Indigo · ΔE 16.8 Medium blue · ΔE 26.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A9A06

Analogous#06309A, #70069A

Triadic#9A2606, #069A26

Split complementary#9A7006, #309A06

Tetradic#9A0630, #7A9A06, #069A70

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9072FA

Lighter +30%#6941F8

Lighter +20%#4210F6

Lighter +10%#3208CB

Darker −10%#1A0469

Darker −20%#0E0238

Darker −30%#020007

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2300A0

Less saturated −25%#311A86

Channel breakdown

R38

B154

Red38 (14.9%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue252.97°

Saturation (HSL)92.5%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 06 · B 9A

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