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Recognised as Colour

#261B92

  • #261B92
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#261B92 is a blue with RGB values 38, 27, 146 and HSL 246°, 69%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#261B92#261B92
HEX#261B92
RGBrgb(38, 27, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.1059, 0.5725
RGB percentages14.9%, 10.6%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(245.5, 68.8%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.5, 81.5%, 57.3%)
CMYK74%, 81.5%, 0%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,497,426
CSS custom property--colour: #261B92;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.69:1
Contrast with white12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#D9E46D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003895no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002D90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Tritanopia#004057no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 9.4Dark blue · ΔE 11.4Indigo · ΔE 12.4Midnight blue · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.3Slate blue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87921B
Analogous#1B4B92, #621B92
Triadic#92261B, #1B9226
Split complementary#92611B, #4C921B
Tetradic#921B4B, #87921B, #1B9262

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#978FEA
Lighter +30%#6F64E2
Lighter +20%#4839DA
Lighter +10%#3123BD
Darker −10%#1B1367
Darker −20%#100B3C
Darker −30%#040311
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1405A8
Less saturated −25%#38317C

Channel breakdown

R38
G27
B146
Red38 (14.9%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue245.55°
Saturation (HSL)68.79%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 1B · B 92

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