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Recognised as Colour

#27116E

  • #27116E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#27116E is a blue with RGB values 39, 17, 110 and HSL 254°, 73%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#27116E#27116E
HEX#27116E
RGBrgb(39, 17, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.0667, 0.4314
RGB percentages15.3%, 6.7%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(254.2, 73.2%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.2, 84.5%, 43.1%)
CMYK64.5%, 84.5%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,560,366
CSS custom property--colour: #27116E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness44.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.09:1
Contrast with white15.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#D8EE91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002971no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#00236Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#002D40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 5.3Indigo · ΔE 16.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.7Navy · ΔE 18.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3Dark blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#586E11
Analogous#11296E, #56116E
Triadic#6E2711, #116E27
Split complementary#6E5611, #296E11
Tetradic#6E1129, #586E11, #116E56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8364E7
Lighter +30%#6038E0
Lighter +20%#461FC6
Lighter +10%#37189A
Darker −10%#170A42
Darker −20%#080316
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1F017E
Less saturated −25%#2F215E

Channel breakdown

R39
G17
B110
Red39 (15.3%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue254.19°
Saturation (HSL)73.23%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G 11 · B 6E

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