Recognised as Colour

#282A83

#282A83
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#282A83 is a blue with RGB values 40, 42, 131 and HSL 239°, 53%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#282A83

RGBrgb(40, 42, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.1647, 0.5137

RGB percentages15.7%, 16.5%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(238.7, 53.2%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(238.7, 69.5%, 51.4%)

CMYK69.5%, 67.9%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,632,323

CSS custom property--colour: #282A83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.01:1

Contrast with white12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#D7D57C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003B86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003281no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#004152no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 7.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 12 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17 Indigo · ΔE 22.5 Slate blue · ΔE 24.6 Navy · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#838128

Analogous#285883, #532883

Triadic#83282A, #2A8328

Split complementary#835328, #588328

Tetradic#832858, #838128, #288353

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9899DF

Lighter +30%#7173D3

Lighter +20%#494CC8

Lighter +10%#3437AA

Darker −10%#1C1D5C

Darker −20%#101135

Darker −30%#04040E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#131698

Less saturated −25%#3D3E6E

Channel breakdown

R40

G42

B131

Red40 (15.7%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue238.68°

Saturation (HSL)53.22%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G 2A · B 83

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