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Recognised as Colour

#27186E

  • #27186E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#27186E is a blue with RGB values 39, 24, 110 and HSL 250°, 64%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#27186E#27186E
HEX#27186E
RGBrgb(39, 24, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.0941, 0.4314
RGB percentages15.3%, 9.4%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(250.5, 64.2%, 26.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.5, 78.2%, 43.1%)
CMYK64.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,562,158
CSS custom property--colour: #27186E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.56:1
Contrast with white14.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#D8E791

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002C70no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00266Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Tritanopia#003042no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 3Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 19Indigo · ΔE 19.8Navy · ΔE 22.9Dark blue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 3.01, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5F6E18
Analogous#18346E, #52186E
Triadic#6E2718, #186E27
Split complementary#6E5218, #346E18
Tetradic#6E1834, #5F6E18, #186E52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8572E0
Lighter +30%#6148D7
Lighter +20%#452AC2
Lighter +10%#362198
Darker −10%#180F44
Darker −20%#09061A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1C077F
Less saturated −25%#32295D

Channel breakdown

R39
G24
B110
Red39 (15.3%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue250.47°
Saturation (HSL)64.18%
Lightness26.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G 18 · B 6E

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