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Recognised as Colour

#26339A

  • #26339A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#26339A is a blue with RGB values 38, 51, 154 and HSL 233°, 60%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#26339A#26339A
HEX#26339A
RGBrgb(38, 51, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.2, 0.6039
RGB percentages14.9%, 20%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(233.3, 60.4%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.3, 75.3%, 60.4%)
CMYK75.3%, 66.9%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,503,578
CSS custom property--colour: #26339A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.38:1
Contrast with white10.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#D9CC65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00459Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003A98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#004E62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.9Slate blue · ΔE 18.8Indigo · ΔE 21.3Navy · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A8D26
Analogous#266D9A, #53269A
Triadic#9A2633, #339A26
Split complementary#9A5326, #6D9A26
Tetradic#9A266D, #9A8D26, #269A53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4ABE8
Lighter +30%#7B86DE
Lighter +20%#5260D4
Lighter +10%#3041C3
Darker −10%#1C2571
Darker −20%#121848
Darker −30%#080A1F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0E20B2
Less saturated −25%#3E4682

Channel breakdown

R38
G51
B154
Red38 (14.9%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue233.28°
Saturation (HSL)60.42%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 33 · B 9A

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