Recognised as Colour

#262F91

#262F91
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#262F91 is a blue with RGB values 38, 47, 145 and HSL 235°, 58%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#262F91#262F91

HEX#262F91

RGBrgb(38, 47, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.1843, 0.5686

RGB percentages14.9%, 18.4%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(235, 58.5%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(235, 73.8%, 56.9%)

CMYK73.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,502,545

CSS custom property--colour: #262F91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.06:1

Contrast with white11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#D9D06E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004194no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#00378Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00495Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.1 Slate blue · ΔE 20.9 Indigo · ΔE 21.2 Navy · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#918826

Analogous#266591, #522691

Triadic#91262F, #2F9126

Split complementary#915226, #659126

Tetradic#912665, #918826, #269152

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9EA4E5

Lighter +30%#757EDB

Lighter +20%#4D58D0

Lighter +10%#313CB9

Darker −10%#1B2269

Darker −20%#111540

Darker −30%#060818

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0F1CA8

Less saturated −25%#3D427A

Channel breakdown

R38

G47

B145

Red38 (14.9%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue234.95°

Saturation (HSL)58.47%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 2F · B 91

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