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Recognised as Colour

#282D85

  • #282D85
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#282D85 is a blue with RGB values 40, 45, 133 and HSL 237°, 54%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#282D85#282D85
HEX#282D85
RGBrgb(40, 45, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.1765, 0.5216
RGB percentages15.7%, 17.6%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(236.8, 53.8%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.8, 69.9%, 52.2%)
CMYK69.9%, 66.2%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,633,093
CSS custom property--colour: #282D85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.64:1
Contrast with white11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#D7D27A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003483no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#004454no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.5Indigo · ΔE 23.9Slate blue · ΔE 24.2Navy · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#858028
Analogous#285C85, #522885
Triadic#85282D, #2D8528
Split complementary#855128, #5C8528
Tetradic#85285C, #858028, #288551

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#999DE0
Lighter +30%#7277D4
Lighter +20%#4A51C9
Lighter +10%#343AAC
Darker −10%#1C205E
Darker −20%#101237
Darker −30%#05050F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#121A9B
Less saturated −25%#3E406F

Channel breakdown

R40
G45
B133
Red40 (15.7%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue236.77°
Saturation (HSL)53.76%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G 2D · B 85

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