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Recognised as Colour

#27759C

  • #27759C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#27759C is a blue with RGB values 39, 117, 156 and HSL 200°, 60%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#27759C#27759C
HEX#27759C
RGBrgb(39, 117, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.4588, 0.6118
RGB percentages15.3%, 45.9%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(200, 60%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 75%, 61.2%)
CMYK75%, 25%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,586,012
CSS custom property--colour: #27759C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#D88A63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#62749Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#52699Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#007F82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.5Slate grey · ΔE 20Light slate grey · ΔE 20.7Cadetblue · ΔE 27Teal · ΔE 27.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C4E27
Analogous#279C89, #273B9C
Triadic#9C2775, #759C27
Split complementary#9C273B, #9C8927
Tetradic#89279C, #9C4E27, #3B9C27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A6D3E9
Lighter +30%#7DBEDF
Lighter +20%#55AAD4
Lighter +10%#3194C5
Darker −10%#1D5673
Darker −20%#13384A
Darker −30%#081922
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0F7DB4
Less saturated −25%#3F6D84

Channel breakdown

R39
G117
B156
Red39 (15.3%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G 75 · B 9C

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