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Recognised as Colour

#262B7C

  • #262B7C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#262B7C is a blue with RGB values 38, 43, 124 and HSL 237°, 53%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#262B7C#262B7C
HEX#262B7C
RGBrgb(38, 43, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.1686, 0.4863
RGB percentages14.9%, 16.9%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(236.5, 53.1%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.5, 69.4%, 48.6%)
CMYK69.4%, 65.3%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,501,500
CSS custom property--colour: #262B7C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.22:1
Contrast with white12.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#D9D483

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00397Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#00317Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00404Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9Indigo · ΔE 26.6Slate blue · ΔE 27.5Navy · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C7726
Analogous#26567C, #4C267C
Triadic#7C262B, #2B7C26
Split complementary#7C4C26, #567C26
Tetradic#7C2656, #7C7726, #267C4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9195DD
Lighter +30%#6A70D1
Lighter +20%#434AC5
Lighter +10%#3239A3
Darker −10%#1A1D55
Darker −20%#0E102E
Darker −30%#020207
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#121990
Less saturated −25%#3A3D68

Channel breakdown

R38
G43
B124
Red38 (14.9%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue236.51°
Saturation (HSL)53.09%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 2B · B 7C

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